RPN Local Resources: San Francisco Bay Area
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In an effort to encourage collaboration on green procurement issues and connect local purchasers, RPN has decided to create regionally based sections with a geographic focus.
While these resources are targeted for a specific area, you'll find that much of the information and material is intended to be applicable to all organizations regardless of geographic location.
This section focuses on the Cities and Counties of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Recent Events |
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ABAG - Buying Green ... Buying Smart II November 3, 2011Sustainable Purchasing Products and Practices that Save Time & Money Sharing Successful Sustainable Purchasing Strategies
Staff from Bay Area jurisdictions presented brief examples of how their jurisdictions “greened” purchases in specific product categories.
Success stories included:
Have a success story to share? Please contact Ellen Love at ellen@responsiblepurchasing.org.
LED Streetlights
Rafael Reyes, Executive Director of the Bay Area Climate Collaborative presented a new initiative for joint-purchasing of LED streetlights.
Thank you to ABAG and SFEP for sponosoring the event, to the panelists for their time, and to Melanie Chopko for donating her services as a Visual Thinking Specialist. |
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Recent Webinars |
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Green Purchasing 101 with the Spare the Air Employer Program |
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Bay Area Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Policies |
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Featured Resource |
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Past Events |
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ABAG - Buying Green ... Buying Smart II October 20, 2010
RPN facilitated a day long workshop with the Association for Bay Area Governments (ABAG) on sustainable policies, programs, and prioritization. The event consisted of several panels with purchasers from around the Bay Area, and a prioritization exercise. The presentation slides and recordings are available to download for free. Please note the video recordings are large files and will take a few minutes to download or open. Sustainable Purchasing PoliciesPanelists from three Bay Area jurisdictions described the important elements of their sustainable purchasing policy, including strengths and weaknesses, and the process they went through to get it adopted and implemented.
View/Download Presentation Slides Sustainable Purchasing ProgramsThis panel highlighted the important elements of three jurisdictions’ sustainable purchasing programs and discussed the most successful and challenging aspects of each program.
View/Download Presentation Slides Sustainable Purchasing ResourcesThis panel’s three speakers each described a valuable sustainable purchasing resource they have been involved with developing. Attendees were invited to discuss their need for sustainable purchasing resources.
View/Download Presentation Slides Sustainable Purchasing Prioritization and CollaborationRPN Director, Alicia Culver, led a facilitated prioritization exercise to demonstrate a process jurisdictions and institutions can use to choose product categories to work on based on the greatest sustainability and economic benefits.
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