General Service Enterprise
Green Buyer
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IntroductionThis site contains helpful resources to assist Iowa government agencies with purchasing environmentally friendly products.
The Green Buyer website contains:
Scot Case, an international expert on responsible sourcing and a leader in "Green" buying spoke at the annual Iowa Procurement Professionals Conference. His insightful comments have been captured on the three segment links below. |
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Scot Case - Introduction and Video Presentation
Segment One:
mms://video2.state.ia.us/das/2007/071017-green-purchasing-01.wmv
Segment Two:
mms://video2.state.ia.us/das/2007/071017-green-purchasing-02.wmv
Segment Three:
mms://video2.state.ia.us/das/2007/071017-green-purchasing-03.wmv
"Responsible Purchasing Network" (RPN)
Includes more than 80
environmental purchasing policies and links to several additional
resources.
The "Getting Started" section includes a lot of useful
resources, including the June 2004 Government Procurement. The State of Iowa, Department of Administrative Services (DAS) is a member of the Responsible Purchasing Network. We encourage you to become members also. RPN is a national network of procurement-related professionals dedicated to socially responsible and environmentally sustainable purchasing. One of the RPN membership benefits is access to their 'Purchasing Guides' which studies into certain products in detail, such as Bottled Water, Cleaners, Computers, Fleets, Lighting, Office Lighting, Paint, and Faith Communities.
Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) The State of Iowa, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is also a member of the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI). The objective of product stewardship is to encourage manufacturers to redesign products with fewer toxics, and to make them more durable, reusable, and recyclable, and with recycled materials.
If there are any resources, information, or seminars that are available from either of these valuable organizations on a "members only" basis, and you wish to participate or obtain information; please contact Doug Reed. As State of Iowa employee members we can help you access those 'membership required' items.
"Policy Purchasing Policies 101"
Procurement article
highlighting the key policy considerations contained within green
purchasing policies -
"Environmental Purchasing Policies 101" A 40-page report that includes recommemded environmental purchasing policy language and extensive excerpts from 80 different policies.
| TSB3135 | Krajcir Corp | Advertising | Spector
& Co. Galaxy Balloons Supermatic Line |
| CT2043X | Adventure Lighting | Ballast | |
| CT1036X | Packaging Distribution | Boxes | |
| CT2937MV-1X | Allied Construction Services | Carpeting, Recycled Backing | |
| CT2937MV-2 | SSC Corp | Carpet, Will Recycle Old Carpet Tile Flooring | |
| MA6416-1 MA6416-2 MA6416-3 MA6416-4 MA6416-5 |
WW Grainger | Cleaning Supplies | WW Grainger |
| Iowa Prison Industries | Cleaning Supplies | Iowa Prison Industries | |
| A63309 WSCA | HP//Hewlett Packard | Computers and Laptops, DC5700 & DC5800 EPEAT Gold Models, 6510 & 6710 Series SILVER | EPEAT - Electronic Product
Environmental Assessment Tool EPEAT identifies more environmentally perferable computer desktops, laptops and monitors. There are currently more than 575 products from 21 manufacturers on the EPEAT registry HP Planet Partners Return Recycling Program 02/08 |
| MA317508 | Kurtz | Doors and Doors Hardware | |
| Iowa Prison Industries | Furniture | Iowa Prison Industries | |
| CT2111-6X | Petroleum Traders Corp | Gasoline, Low Sulfur Diesel, Soy Biodiesel | |
| CT3112 | Keck Inc | Gasoline, Fuel, Oil, Biodiesel | |
| CT1143MV01X | Stitzell Electric | Lighting | Sylvania Lighting |
| CT2407OFMAXX | OfficeMax | Office Supplies, Toners | Office
Max Environmental Defense |
| CT1165PAINT | Sherwin Williams | Paints | Sherwin Williams |
| CT1853-1X | Advertisers Duplicating | Paper, Computer, Greenbar | |
| CT1852X | Paper Corporation | Paper, Motto Bond | |
| CT2110X | Xpedx | Paper, Recycled Copy | Xpedx |
| 3058-08 | Sink Paper | Paper, Toilet, Tissue, Napkins, Facial, Towels | |
| CT2105XX | Sink Paper | Plastic Bags, Film to Produce | |
| CT0167XX | Sink Paper | Plates, Cups Food Containers | |
| MA2157 | Artistic Waste Services | Recycling Services - Waste Mgmt | Artistic Waste Services |
| CT2570AA | Sears | Refrigerators - Energy Star | |
| CT3074HDANKEY | Home Depot, The | Wood Products | Home Depot
Home Depot Supply Home Depot Supply US Communities |
Governor's Executive Order to Establish Green Government Initiative #6
The Department of Adminstrative Services follows the rules set forth
here in regards to:
Governor's Executive Order
#41: Bio-fuels, energy reduction, life cycle cost analysis, etc. and
Governor's
Executive Order #56: Recycling, recycled content products, landfill
waste reduction, etc.
Environmental Labels
CFPA certifies paper and tissue products meeting
its standard.
EcoLogo is North
America's oldest and most widely known environmental leadership standard.
It is the only North American program ceritfied by the Global Ecolabeling
Network. The EcoLogo website includes more than 150 environmental
standards and more than 3,000 certified products. Purchasers are using the
site to research or develop purchasing specifications and to put together
[potential bidder lists.
The U.S. Federal Government's Energy Star program establishes
energy-efficienty criteria for a wide variety of products in more than 40
product categories. The site lists all of the products meeting efficiency
requirements. It also includes recommended purchasing specifications and
online training resources.
EPEAT identifies more environmentally
perferable computer desktops, laptops and monitors. There are currently
more than 575 products from 21 manufacturers on the EPEAT registry.
Green-e certifies
sources of renewable electricity and renewable energy credits generated
from clean energy sources such as wind, solar, or small scale
hydro-electric. It also certifies products that were manufactured in
facilities using renewable energy.
Green Seal is
one of only two North American members of the Global Ecolabeling Network.
Its' website includes detailed environmental standards for dozens of
commodities. It also includes a list of all of the Green Seal certified
products with links to the manufacturers. Purchasers are using the site to
research or develop purchasing specifications and to put together
potential bidder lists.
Green Guard
focuses exclusively on indoor air quality issues. Its website includes
certified products in more than 15 different categories, many focus on
building materials and interiors.
LEED establishes the most widely cited
standard for determining the environmental preferably of buildings. Its
point based system makes it easy for purchasers to specify green
buildings.
Local/Regional/National Organizations