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The Green Purchasing Program at USDA

This session from the USDA Forest Service Sustainable Operations Summit on November 19, 2008, focused on promoting green purchasing practices. Key outcomes included enhanced awareness of green product categories, utilizing resources like USDA Advantage! and GSA Advantage! to procure sustainable items. Mandatory components of green purchasing were highlighted, including recycled content products, energy-efficient items, and environmentally preferable products. The session aimed to guide federal agencies in making sustainable purchasing decisions and support the USDA’s commitment to sustainability.

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The Green Purchasing Program at USDA

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  1. The Green Purchasing Program at USDA US Forest Service Sustainable Operations Summit Session: Green Purchasing 19 November 2008

  2. Outcomes • Awareness of green product categories • Use USDAAdvantage! to buy green • Use GSAAdvantage! to buy green • Use other BPA’s to Buy Green IT 2of 67

  3. Forest Service Green Purchasing Brochure 3of 67

  4. What is “Green” Purchasing? “Green” purchasing encompasses the following mandatory components: • Recycled content products, also known as Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Items • Energy-efficient products; Energy Star and FEMP products • Biobased products • Environmentally preferable products (EPP) • EPEAT Products • Water Efficient Products • Non-ozone depleting substances • Alternative fuel vehicles/alternative fuels 4of 67

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  27. Open the website USDAAdvantage.gsa.gov 27of 67

  28. Log in once you’ve registered 28of 67

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  31. Insert item name

  32. Limit to “CPG” CPG 33of 67

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  34. Environmental & contractual symbols 35of 67

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  40. Select “Environmental” 41of 67

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  46. 40¢ 19¢ 47of 67

  47. EPEAT • Electronic Product EnvironmentalAssessment Tool (EPEAT) • Covers laptops, desktops, and monitors • IEEE 1680-2006 Standard— 23 required, 28 Optional Environmental Criteria 49of 67

  48. EPEAT • EPEAT Environmental Criteria Categories: • Reduction/elimination of environmentally sensitive materials • Materials Selection • Design for end of life • Product longevity/ life cycle extension • Energy Conservation • End of life management • Corporate performance • Packaging 50of 67

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