Key Resources for Climate-Friendly Purchasing

Climate-friendly purchasing includes a wide range of strategies and actions. Here are some key resources that can help you explore the range of opportunities and determine what fits well for your city or county.

• ILG Sample Climate-Friendly Purchasing Policy»
  The Institute's sample Climate-Friendly Purchasing policy focuses on purchasing practices that help address climate change. Climate-friendly purchasing is the procurement or acquisition of goods and services that are a lesser or reduced source of greenhouse gas emissions when compared with competing goods or services that serve the same purpose.
• Green Seal»
  Green Seal is an independent, non-profit environmental labeling organization. The Green Seal website lists certified products and services
• Energy Star»
  Energy Star is a voluntary energy efficiency labeling program derived from a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. The Energy Star website lists energy efficient products.
• Flex Your Power»
  Flex Your Power offers a information about energy efficiency, climate change, and a database of energy conservation rebates, incentives and services searchable by California zip code.
• CalRecycle Recycled Product Directory»
  The Recycled-Content Product Directory lists products containing recycled materials and provides information about the manufacturers, distributors and re-processors of these products.
• U.S. Communities»
  U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance™ (“U.S. Communities™”) is a nationwide purchasing cooperative designed to be a procurement resource for local and state government agencies, school districts (K-12), higher education and nonprofits.
• Making It Easier to Buy Green»
  Learn how local and state agencies are finding it easier to buy green products, thanks to the efforts of the California Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Task Force.

The Climate-Friendly Purchasing section of this Web site has other resources that can help, along with examples from a variety of cities and counties throughout California.