ECO-Buy Guide to Green Purchasing
ECO-Buy's comprehensive and practical guide on developing and implementing a green purchasing program in your organisation. Complete copies of the Guide are available FREE to ALL members of ECO-Buy.
Sustainable Choice Sustainable Choice is the NSW sustainable procurement program for NSW local government. The Sustainable Choice program aims to increase the level of sustainable purchasing within the local government sector by supporting individual councils with information and skills sharing between councils on sustainable products and services. The Sustainable Choice website features a range of member resources including a NSW database of green products.
Australian Green Procurement Database
This is a database of AELA Good Environmental Choice Certified Products. This site also links to the Australian Green Purchasing online discussion group.
Ecospecifier
Helping architects, designers, builders and specifiers shortcut the materials sourcing process. Aim is to create a more sustainable physical environment by increasing the use of environmentally preferable and healthy products, materials & design process.
Shop Smart Buy Green
Guide to saving $ and reducing environmental impacts.
Procura+
An ICLEI initiative to support the mainstreaming of public procurement across Europe.
The Good Stuff
A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the things we buy.
Centre for the New American Dream
To encourage the growing demand for more environmentally preferable goods and services, the Center for New American Dream established its Procurement Strategies Program to help state and local governments and other large purchasers incorporate environmental considerations into their purchasing decisions.
EPA (USA) EPP Training Tool
This interactive training tool is intended to help you quickly and easily understand Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP).
European Union : Green Public Procurement Site
On this page you can download The Buying Green Handbook on Public Procurement and visit links to information on European Eco-Label specifictions and product catalogues.
Environmental Purchasing Checklist
Checklist and specifications for green purchasing.
Community Based Social Marketing
An online guide to introduce you to Community Based Social Marketing and how it can help you design programs that foster sustainable behaviours.