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• SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING
• (Environmental Preferable Purchasing)
• Presented by Kathleen Ingleby, C.P.M.
• Progress the University of Utah has made in
  Sustainable (Green) Purchasing
• Challenges
• Learning from other Professionals
• Recommendations
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PROGRESS REPORT FOR EPP

• WHAT WEVE INITIATED IN OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
• ADDED A NEW TERM TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON
  OUR PURCHASE ORDER REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL
  PREFERABLE PURCHASING
• ADDED THE SAME TERM TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
  THAT WE SEND OUT WITH EVERY REQUEST FOR QUOTE OR
  PROPOSAL.
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing The
  contractor is encouraged to offer Energy Star
  certified products, EPEAT (Electronic Product
  Environmental Assessment Tool) recommended
  products, or products that meet FEMP (Federal
  Energy Management Program) standards for energy
  consumption. The University of Utah also
  encourages contractors to offer products or
  services that have a lesser or reduced effect on
  human health and the environment when compared
  with competing products or services. Items
  considered in this comparison may include raw
  materials acquisition, production, manufacturing,
  packaging, distribution, reuse, operation,
  maintenance, or disposal.

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INITIATED CONTINUED

• CREATED AND ADDED A GREEN PAGE TO OUR
  PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WEB SITE WITH SOME BASIC
  INFO, SUGGESTIONS, AND OTHER WEB LINKS AVAILABLE
  AT http//fbs.admin.utah.edu/index.php/purchasing
  /green/
• 4. DISCUSS GREEN PURCHASING IN OUR MONTHLY
  CLASS ON BASIC PROCUREMENT OFFERED TO STAFF AND
  FACULTY
• 5. IN SEPTEMBER, WE INCLUDED A GREEN PURCHASING
  MESSAGE IN OUR QUARTERLY P-CARD NEWSLETTER SENT
  ELECTRONICALLY TO CAMPUS
• 6. WE SEND OUR MONTHLY P-CARD STATEMENTS OUT
  ELECTRONICALLY
• 7. SURPLUS AND SALVAGE RECYCLES COMPUTERS AND
  ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
• 8. GENERAL STORES AND THE BOOKSTORE STOCK
  RECYCLED PRODUCTS
• 9. WE INSTALLED WATER COOLERS AND NO LONGER
  PROVIDE PLASTIC BOTTLES OF WATER IN OUR TRAINING
  SESSIONS
• 10. AN OFFICIAL POLICY FOR THE PURCHASINGS
  SECTION OF THE PPS IS IN PROCESS

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Sustainability Policy Areas of Concern

• Energy Using Products
• Water Efficiency
• Toxins and Pollutions
• Bio-Based Products
• Forest Conservation
• Recycling/Recycled
• Green Building
• Landscaping
• Packaging
• Waste Minimization

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CHALLENGES

• 1. Support from the top of your organization
• 2. Outreach / Training / Behavior Modification
• 3. Time
• 4. Getting your suppliers on board
• 5. Finding out what tools are readily available
  for your use
• 6. Funding

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WEB SITE REFERENCES

• Energy
• http//www.energystar.gov
• http//www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/ (Federal
  Energy Mgmt Prog.) http//www.epeat.net
  (Electronic Prod.Environ.Assessment Tool)
• Paper http//www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/t
  ools/cpg/products/paper.htm
• http//www.community.officedepot.com/env
  ironment.asp
• Wood and Wood Products
• http//www.fsc.org (Forest Stewardship Council)
• Buildings
• http//www.greenglobes.com
• http//www.usgbc.org/ (LEEDs)
• Appliances, equipment, and lighting
• http//www.energystar.gov
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MORE WEB SITE REFERENCES

• Case studies/help
• http//www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/ (Federal
  Energy Mgmt Prog)
• http//www.noharm.org/details.cfm?ID1337type
  document
• http//www.aashe.org
• http//orf.od.nih.gov/EnvironmentalProtection/G
  reenPurchasing/
• Certification organizations
• http//www.greenseal.org
• http//www.ecologo.org
• http//www.fsc.org
• http//www.scscertified.com/ecoproducts

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HOW DO YOU GET STARTED

• 1. Get your managers support.
• 2. Identify an internal champion.
• 3. Start talking to other employees.
• 4. Put together a communications strategy.
• 5. Be ready to respond to questions and concerns.
• 6. Put together a procurement team with
  representative from various functions in the
  company.
• 7. Coordinate purchases as much as possible.
• 8. Work with existing suppliers.
• 9. Publish information that demonstrates
  successes.

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SUSTAINABLE BUYING DECISIONS

• Every buying decision you make has a variety of
  environmental, social,
• and economic factors associated with it
  including
• Consumption of raw materials and emissions and
  energy used to process or manufacture the
  product.
• Labor practices of manufacturers and suppliers.
• Geographic locations you import from and
  transportation required to get the product to
  you.
• Energy and materials required to operate the
  product
• Waste associated with the product, (e.g. waste
  packaging used to transport the product or the
  product itself at the end of its life cycle.

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SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING PRACTICES

• QUESTIONS?