Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.49
Liaison Julia Angstmann
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2021

STARS v2.2

Butler University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.68 / 1.00 Dick Hamm
Director of Housekeeping
Office of Operations
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
38,101.59 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
18,037.81 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
34,425.51 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
31,346 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
We utilized a twelve month time period, 10/1/2020-9/30/2021, which was the earliest pre-COVID data our vendor Ferguson Facilities Supply had for reporting as much of a typical year as possible. During COVID< our purchasing has included less environmentally friendly cleaning supplies.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
68.09

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Butler University has a green cleaning policy to utilize environmentally friendly cleaning supplies and janitorial products.

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