Non-Profit:
Buy Green
Products and info links.
Environmental Choice
Resource for purchasing third-party certified products.
Green Seal
Non-profit eco-certifier for green products.
Also, click here.
Center for a New American
Dream
Procurement strategies resources.
Also, click here.
National Pollution Prevention
Roundtable
Workgroup on Environmentally Preferable Purchasing.
North
American Comission for Environmental Cooperation
North American Green Purchasing Initiative.
The Pacific
Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC)
A wealth of resources for environmentally friendly purchasing.
Government:
EPA: Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing (EPP)
Contains links for product/service purchasing, various online tools
for purchasers, case studies and other documents on green purchasing, and
some tepid links.
Department of Energy:
Other Sources of Affirmative Procurement Information
Limited information on green purchasing.
Office of the Federal Environmental
Executive (OFEE)
An executive branch task force (run by an environmental executive from
Bush's gubernatorial administration in Texas) "dedicated to promoting sustainable
environmental stewardship throughout the federal government." They
have a whole section of their sited devoted to green purchasing.
Or click here.
Associations/Institutes:
American Purchasing Society (APS)
California Association of Public Purchasing
Officers (CAPPO)
Purchasing groups that gives awards to green purchasers.
Center for Advanced Purchase Studies (CAPS)
Institute for Supply Management
(formerly the National Association of Purchasing Management)
Large national purchasing association. Has a few articles on
green purchasing.
In Silicon Valley click here.
International Federation of Purchasing
and Materials Management (IFPMM)
Union of national purchasing associations that facilitates the development
and distribution of knowledge of purchasing.
International Purchasing and Supply
Education and Research Association (IPSERA)
International network of academics and practitioners committed to the
future of purchasing and supply chain management.
National Association of State Procurement
Officials
Purchase association for government purchasers.
National Association of Education Buyers (NAEB)
National Association of Procurement Professionals
National Institute of Government Purchasing (NGIP)
Procurement and Supply Chain Benchmarking Association (PASBA)
Western States
Contracting Alliance
Alliance of purchasing directors.
Info Sources:
King County
Environmental Purchasing Program
More purchasing info resources.
INFORM
A research organization that provides information on ways to reduce
the environmental impacts of the U.S. economy through improved product
design and greener purchasing.
National
Association of Counties
Green Purchasing info and Green Purchasing Starter Kit.
Pollution
Prevention Regional Information Center
Topic Hub for green procurement.
Other:
Green Order
New York- based consulting firm that specializes in helping companies
green their procurement operations.
The Natural Step
Consults with businesses to make sustainability assessments and develop
strategies that move companies, broader industries, and society at large
toward long-term sustainability.
International:
Australian Environment Business
Network
Offers training and workshops for greening businesses.
Canadian
Dept of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Environmental Procurement
Consumer's Choice Council
(Canada)
European
Union Coalition for Green and Social Procurement
NGO coalition that aims to strengthen environmental and social provisions
in EU procurement policies, including consideration of environmental, health,
and labor impacts.
The European Green Purchasing Network
European
Environment Bureau
Coalition for Green and Social Procurement.
Global Ecolabeling Network
(Japan)
ICLEI
A democratic local government association advocating green purchasing
and other sustainability issues.
Japan's Green Purchasing Network
An association of some 2,700 organizations, including corporations,
government authorities, and environmental and consumer groups, that promotes
the ideas and practices of green purchasing in Japan.
United Nations Environment Program Sustainable Procurement Program