Understanding Green Procurement Initiatives Workshop

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Understanding Green Procurement Initiatives
Workshop

• University of Illinois Making the Connection
  Conference
• Cynthia Klein-Banai
• Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
• University of Illinois at Chicago

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Agenda

• Background
• Strategies
• Principles
• Sustainable Purchasing Trends
• Potential Opportunities for MAFBE Vendors

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Background

• Definition of Sustainability
• Commitment to Sustainability
• American College and University President Climate
  Commitment
• Illinois Universities Sustainable Compact
• Developing Green Purchasing Policies

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Strategies

• Support from administration
• Team approach committee
• Process
• Resources
• Educate campus
• Educate vendors
• Track data/reporting

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Principles

• Definitions
• Green purchasing
• Environmentally preferred products
• Desired Environmental Attributes
• Life Cycle Analysis
• Energy
• EPEAT
• ENERGY STAR
• Energy and water efficient

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Life Cycle Analysis

• To provide and analytical framework for
  investigating the entire range of environmental
  impacts(e.g., air emissions, wastewater, solid
  and hazardous waste, renewable resources, and
  energy utilization)

Two-way impact
Manufacturing
Packaging
Sales, distribution, and transportation
Consumer use
Final disposition
Material flow
Environmental impacts
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Principles

• Recycled and recyclable materials
• Paper (office, custodial)
• Double-side printing/copying
• Equipment
• Toxins/pollutants
• Cleaning products
• Green Seal
• Low VOC paints

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Principles

• Contracts/RFPs
• Other considerations
• Bio-based products
• FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
• Packaging
• Landscaping

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Trends

• NACUBO business policy area
• Big 10
• STARS assessment tool
• State of green procurement trends
• Sustainability commitments

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Opportunities

• Environmentally preferred products
• Tracking EPP purchases
• Sustainability goals of company
• Partnership