Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 45.94
Liaison Robin Frederick
Submission Date July 21, 2022

STARS v2.2

Indiana University Southeast
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.07 / 1.00 Rob Poff
Executive Director
Facility Operations
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
31,462.45 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
3,155.37 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
15,112.99 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
0 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
The figures above are reported from the fiscal year 2020: 7/1/2019-6/30/2020.

"Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products"- IUS did not purchase any items.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
6.77

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data was provided by the Accounting Assistant of IUS Facility Operations

Additional Context for Specific Answers:
Most items are purchased through the BuyIU Contracts through the IU Purchasing system: https://purchasing.iu.edu/buying/buyIU/buyIU.php

Question: Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
Answer: Reported from KFS Object Code 4905 (Cleaning Supplies)-KFS: Kuali Financial System

Question: Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
Answer: Information gathered from various PO's for Vinegar, Prominence HD Floor Cleaner, Alpha HD Multi-Surface cleaner, & Perdiem General Purpose w./Hydrogen Peroxide

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