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A Guide to help understand the triple bottom line benefits (financial, social and environmental) and costs of sustainability purchasing.
A list of the financial, management, environment and socio-economic benefits of sustainability purchasing.
A power point presentation on Total Cost of Ownership, detailing:
(a) the concept of Total Cost of Ownership;
(b) how TCO is applied in the purchasing process; and
(c) an overview of a practical TCO tool.
A resource workbook describing a TCO workshop tool, best practices, and application, with a list of further resources.
A power point presentation on key ways you can introduce or enhance sustainability purchasing in your organization, highlights of the business case for sustainability purchasing and how to minimize the costs of program development.
A power point presentation on tools to integrate the organizational goals of achieving greater environmental and social performance from suppliers into the purchasing process.
A power point presentation on methods to measure carbon emissions related to purchases, and purchasing techniques to reduce an organization's carbon footprint.
A power point presentation on social purchasing, focusing on organizational efforts to direct the benefit of purchasing dollars to target communities like the disabled, aboriginal or minority-owned businesses.
The European Commission handbook on buying green in government.
International Centre for Local Environmental Initiatives' Procura Sustainable Procurement Campaign manual focuses on public procurement.
A check list for organizations starting or enhancing a Sustainability Purchasing Strategy.
A simple checklist outlining 10 environmentally and socially responsible products and services, ideal for those just embarking on a sustainable purchasing program.
A review of current practices, including a sample policy template.
Provides a useful list of links to model sustainable procurement policies from many states, counties, cities and universities.
A comprehensive list of green and sustainable purchasing policies covering a wide array of goods and services from many US levels of government and educational institutions.
Supplier Codes of Conduct (back to top)
Calculators and Assessment Tools (back to top)
Eco-S.A.T., the North American Green Purchasing Initiative’s Self-Assessment Tool is a best practices guide and checklist for professional purchasers to evaluate their organization’s environmental purchasing initiatives and identify opportunities for improvement.
The Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) is an environmental certification program for electronics managed by the Green Electronics Council. The standards for computer products were developed by an IEEE stakeholder process that included government, environmental and health advocates, and industry. Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels of certification are available.
Calculator to determine savings in energy use, changes in recycled materials use, potential savings in CO2 and reduction greenhouse gas emissions, savings in air and water emissions, reduction in toxic materials use, savings in municipal solid waste generation and hazardous waste generation, and savings in cost.
Environmental Defense's Paper Calculator shows the environmental impacts of different papers across their full lifecycle. Allows a comparison of different paper choices, and demonstrates how using less paper, increasing recycled content, or making other changes can reduce impacts.
Use this site to learn more about the eco-friendly claims on products. It provides a global, independent database of 300 ecolabels.
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