Green 101: Overview

RPN produces Purchasing Guides for a range of products and services, including: Bottled Water, Carbon Offsets, Cleaners, Computers,  Copy Paper , Fleets, Food Services , Green Power, Light-Duty Tires and Wheel Weights, Lighting, Office Electronics, Paint, and Toner Cartridges.

Each Purchasing Guide includes the following sections for the particular product or service:

• Overview
• Social & Environmental Issues
• Best Practices
• Cost, Quality, & Supply
• Policies
• Specifications
• Standards
• Products 
• Calculator 
• Handy Facts
• Definitions 
• Credits & Endnotes

Purchasing Guides are a benefit available to Members online or as a PDF download. The online version of each Purchasing Guide includes a searchable products database. PDF copies of the Purchasing Guides are also available to non-Members for purchase on RPN’s Publications page.
Get started > select a Purchasing Guide from the pull down menu at the top of the site.