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Aveda
Aveda Environmental Sustainability
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Included in the environmental
sustainability policy is a dedication to purchasing bio-industrial products
using the Standard for Sustainable Agriculture (by the Institute for
Agriculture and Trade Policy).
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Cargill Dow LLC
NatureWorks PLA
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Included in the environmental sustainability policy is a dedication
to purchasing bio-industrial products using the Standard for Sustainable
Agriculture (by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy) and therefore
fabricating performance plastics made from annually renewable resources.
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Center for a New American Dream
Procurement Strategies
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Compilation, in a searchable
online database, of a vast inventory of efforts to buy less polluting products
from less polluting companies. The website includes existing environmental
purchasing policies and guidelines, best practices, environmentally preferable
products and services, and links to other resources.
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Center for Study of Responsive Law & The Resource Conservation Alliance
Government Purchasing Project (GPP)
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Ensures environmentally preferable purchasing at the federal, state
and local levels including green building, activism, policies and Executive
Orders, information on current issues, and more.
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Certified Forest Products Council
Website
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Verifies sustainable forestry
standards, including those developed by the Forest Stewardship Council.
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Chlorine Free Products Association
Website
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Labels chlorine-free products. Includes a list of certified
chlorine-free products.
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Certification
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Chlorine-free
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Co-op America's Green Pages Online
Website
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A comprehensive U.S. listing of
socially and environmentally responsible businesses including over 25,000
products and services from 2,000 green companies. Products and services are
qualified under Co-op America's evaluation criteria.
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DLA Training Center (DTC)
Buying Green: A Multifunctional Approach to Pollution Prevention
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2-day workshop that provides an overview of the Federal pollution
prevention initiatives and how they relate to the DoD acquisition process.
Topics include: P2 Laws/Executive Orders/Regulations, Affirmative Procurement
Program, environmentally preferred products, life cycle costing, acquisition
planning, FAR requirements.
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Environmental Defence Fund
Website
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They link science, economics and
law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's
most urgent environmental problems. A good source of U.S environmental
information.
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Forest Ethics
Green Purchasing
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Challenges all companies to adopt a formal forest product
purchasing policy and provides examples and information.
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The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI)
Website
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GEMI is a non-profit
organization of leading companies dedicated to fostering environmental, health
and safety excellence and corporate citizenship world-wide through the sharing
of tools and information in order for business to help business achieve
environmental excellence.
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Green Order
Website
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Matches government buyers of environmentally preferable goods and
services with suppliers.
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Green Seal
Website
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Green Seal provides
certifications and standards for products and services. They offer green
purchasing services: instituting or improving green purchasing; lists of
recommended products, standards, criteria, and contract language; environmental
or financial justification for environmental purchases.
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Home Depot
Wood Purchasing Policy
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Home Depot sells wood that is certified under Forestry Stewardship
Council and also offers a wide range of products that are certified by a third
party for their environmental performance.
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Certified wood and other products
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Ikea
Code of Conduct
The IKEA Way on Purchasing Home Furnishing Products
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This document is their Code of
Conduct in our relation with suppliers of products for the IKEA range. The Code
of Conduct is the minimum requirements on Social & Working conditions and
Environment.
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INFORM
Website
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Includes information on several programs designed to reduce the environmental
impacts of the U.S. economy through improved product design and environmentally
preferable purchasing.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Environmentally preferable products (EPP) purchasing program
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Some of the program initiatives: Recycled Products Quick Reference Guide;
Remanufactured Toner Cartridge Reference Guide; Battery Recycling and
Rechargeable Battery Reference Sheet.
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Guidelines - Product Specific
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Minolta Co., LTD., Minolta Affiliated Companies
Minolta Green Procurement Guidelines
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Minolta is actively promoting environmental preservation through their green
procurement system in order to introduce and provide products and service with
less impact to the environment.
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Policy - Example and Guide
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National Association of Counties
Website
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Describes the efforts of U.S. counties to adopt environmental purchasing
strategies. Includes an order form for their highly regarded "Environmental
Purchasing Starter Kit" and links to additional resources.
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Starter Kit
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Resource Centre
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National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc.
Webinar: "Technical curriculum for the public procurement profession" by Scot Case, Center for a New American Dream.
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The course is designed to show how government purchasers are identifying and
buying affordable environmentally preferable products and to make it easy for
purchasing officials to integrate environmental considerations into traditional
selection criteria.
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National Wildlife Federation
Campus Ecology Program
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Provides information to help colleges and universities become living models of
an ecologically sustainable society, including by greening their purchasing
practices.
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Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. (NERC)
Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement List Serve (EPPnet)
Environmental Benefits Calculator
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Quick access to information, such as: availability of product specifications,
vendors of particular products, pricing information, and strategies to achieve
recycled product procurement goals and federal procurement policies. The
environmental benefits calculator is a tool for U.S.- based states,
municipalities, universities and businesses to measure the environmental
benefits of their recycling efforts.
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Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center
Website
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Topical reports on environmental purchasing including resources from federal,
state, local and international governments, non-profit and trade associations,
list serves, case studies, and green product databases. A newsletter entitled
"Sustainability & Green Procurement: Getting Down to Brass Tacks" includes
important tools.
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Resource Centre
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Reports
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Databases
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Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center (P2RIC)
P2ric topic hub for Green Procurement
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A thorough compilation of pertinent on-line resources, including incentives and
benefits, implementation steps, lists of organizations, experts, databases and
over 226 links.
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Resource Centre
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Databases
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Rainforest Alliance
Website
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They run programs such as Sustainable Agriculture, which certifies
environmentally and socially responsible agricultural products; SmartWood that
certifies environmentally and socially responsible forest management and
Sustainable Tourism Program (STP) that works to transform business practices
and traveller behaviour to support environmentally and socially sound tourism
operations.
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Recycled Products Purchasing Cooperative
Website
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A cooperative of US based businesses and public institutions that have joined
their purchasing power to encourage suppliers to offer recycled paper and other
products at reduced rates.
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Resource Centre
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Recycled Products
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Scientific Certification Systems
Website
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Independent, third party certification of environmental and food safety
achievements.
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Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board
Environmental Preferable Purchasing Guide
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The Guide will: identify ways you can reduce waste in your office, shop, or
facility; write environmental specifications into your bid solicitations;
locate surplus and reuse programs to obtain low-cost or used equipment and
supplies; and choose more environmentally preferable products in over 30
categories.
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Guide
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Checklists
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Specifications
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Staples
Environmental Paper Procurement Policy
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As part of Staples' environmental commitment, they have developed a
comprehensive policy for recycled content in paper and paper products.
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Starbucks
Commitment to Origins
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Starbucks offers four categories of sustainable coffees: Fair Trade, Organic,
Farm Direct, and Conservation. In conjunction with Conservation International,
Starbucks has developed Coffee Sourcing Guidelines.
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Certified coffee
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Guidelines
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Tellus Institute
Supply Chain Management Program ? Resource Management
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Researching and implementing a contracting technique called Resource Management
(RM), a contracting model for solid waste management in which waste generators
and contractors share financial benefits from "resource efficiency"
innovations, including source reduction, reuse, recycling and composting. RM
changes the nature of current disposal services to support waste minimisation
and recycling.
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U.S. Green Building Council
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
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Describes the process and requirements for evaluating the environmental
performance of a building. Many state and local governments are incorporating
the LEED criteria into their construction and renovation projects.
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Worldwatch Institute
Website
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Independent research organization working for an environmentally sustainable and
socially just society. Raising public awareness by providing information on
inter-disciplinary and non-partisan research on prevalent environmental issues.
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