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Key Steps:
Adopting an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program
Your business has the power to make a positive impact on the environment. By using your buying power, your business can influence the market towards products that are less harmful to the environment. Businesses that adopt Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) programs consider the impacts a product or service has on the environment, in addition to price, performance, and availability, compared with competing products or services. Many EPP products work as well or better than traditional products and can even save you money.
By following the next ten steps, your business can begin implementing an EPP program:
Step 1: Developing a Strategy for Winning Senior Leadership Support
Step 2: Setting Up an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Team
Step 3: Evaluate Current Products and Practices
Step 4: Establishing a Working Relationship with Vendors
Step 5: Identifying Opportunities for Improvement, Prioritizing Efforts, and Setting Goals
Step 6: Developing Policies and Procedures
Step 7: Determining a Strategy for Evaluating EPP Products
Step 8: Initiating an Education and Awareness Effort
Contact Paul Harding (801-536-4108) or Frances Bernards (801-536-0086) for further information on the content of this page.
