We are pleased to announce that after an intense series of studies NAEP is pleased to put forth the following definition of green purchasing as an effort to create a common lexicon for our profession.  We invite your comments and discussion.  We intend for this definition to be widely employed in higher education.  We will introduce this definition at the Sustainability Institute in Phoenix. Read more.

RESOURCES

  • Environment Preferable Purchasing
  • Federal Register, Wednesday, September 16, 1998
  • Veterans Affairs Green Purchasing Brochure
  • Greening Federal Purchasing
  • ICLEI Green Purchasing Good Practices Guide
  • NJ's Local Governrment EPP Guide
  • Sustainability Purchasing Network Business Case Guide
  • Sustainability Purchasing Network Survey
  • Sustainability Purchasing Network - Guidebook for Sustainable Purchasing
  • SPN Top Ten Shopping List
  • SPN 10 Ways to Start or Enhance Your Sustainability Purchasing Strategy
  • Total Cost of Ownership Workbook
  • Colby College Green Purchasing and Living Plan Guide
  • Duke EPP Guidelines
  • Duke Green Purchasing Policy
  • Duke University's Top Ten Reasons to Adopt Green Purchasing
  • Georgia Tech Green Purchasing Guide
  • Rutgers Green Purchasing Policy
  • Second Nature Campus Profiles
  • Villanova Green Purchasing Case Study
  • University of Queensland Green Purchasing Guide
  • Greenseal Criteria for Green Procurement
  • Greenseal and Propsed Green Criteria
  • Purchasing as Your Sustainability Partner
  • Duke Stores Green Purchasing Policy

    • NEWS

  • Ivy League Takes Top Spot in Green Power Purchasing
  • U of Memphis students approve fee for greener campus
  • The Seven Dwarves Want Disney to Come Clean
  • Philadelphia Eagles to Reimburse Employees for Purchasing Wind Energy
  • University of California adopts green purchasing guidelines
  • Bowdoin College Recognized by EPA as Leading Green Power Purchaser
  • Strategic Energy 'Goes Green' at Corporate Headquarters
  • Office Depot Launches The Green Book(TM) in Six Countries
  • Green-e Certifies Accent Energy's GoGreen and GoGreenPremium
  • The Casey Files: Sound Money
  • Strategic Energy "Goes Green" at Corporate Headquarters
  • Absentee ballots my be recast
  • Create a well-fed city, residents urged
  • Green Is Good For Holiday Gift Cards
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