SF City Staff & Dept. Scorecards
- Dept. Buy Green Scorecard for Climate Liaisons & Buy Green Leaders. Get the Buy Green Club of Year Award
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Benefits of a high Buy Green Score & compliance with ordinances
Benefits of buying green from SFApproved.org
Win the Buy Green Club of Year Award & prizes from SFApproved.org. It'll look great on your resume. Shine with other City Champions at the Annual Green & Blue Awards.Win the latest green products, such as a:
- Less-toxic permanent marker or whiteboard marker
- Rocket-shaped keyboard duster or brush (computer can dusters might cause climate change)
- Correction tape (some fluids have solvents that cause cancer)
Save money (e.g., through Citywide term contract awards or City-compliant vendors).
Reduce worker health & safety complaints, sick days.
Try over 1,000 green products & services tested by City staff.
Earn credits for US Green Building Council (USGBC) certification (LEED).
Watch videos on why people like you buy green.
Click here for the 2011 Dept. Buy Green Scorecard due 1/31/12
The first 20 Climate Liaisons/Buy Green Leaders (purchaser/contract managers) to submit a Scorecard will get a prize. Want to try to win the Buy Green Club of Year Award at the Blue and Green Awards? Fill it out early to get staff/contractors that buy these products to attend a 1-2 hr Buy Green Ordinance Scavenger Hunt (optional). They need to find LIMITED USE and PROHIBITED products your team is ready to replace with REQUIRED or SUGGESTED green products. This event is best for staff and contractors that request or approve products or services. Over 100 City staff recommended last year's consultation and thought it was entertaining.
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"...Energetic, insightful and entertaining."- Patti Martin, Dept. Personnel Officer, SFDHR.
- "I thought the presentation was great. Although I didn't want to go and was afraid it would be a waste of time, I actually did learn some very good things that I can use both in the office and at home. I was surprised and disappointed...some staff are not compliant with the City's efforts to...conserve our resources... These efforts actually can save City financial resources which in turn could save jobs, perhaps their own. In this day and age, it is simply silly to be wasteful."-Priscilla Morse, Director of Worker's Compensation, SFDHR
Depts. that got the highest scores for 2010.
Get green products not in the SF Approved List
Here are some great resources. They have not been verified to meet the City's green standards:- GoodGuide.com: Food, Household Chemicals (Air Fresheners, Dishwashing, Cleaners).
- Thousands of Ecologo certified consumer & institutional products.
- Hundreds of Green Seal certified products.
- City of Portland's green specs, case studies, policies, reports.
- Green Seal "Choose Green” reports of case studies and cost savings.
- Use specs for Los Angeles County by Green Seal for 50 product categories.
- Responsible Purchasing Network's best practicies, specifications, contract language, and product lists used by hundreds of institutional purchasers.
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Recycled-Content Product Directory by CA Integrated Waste Management Board.
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Get your question answered by other professional green purchasers (EPPnet Listserv by the Northeast Recycling Council).
- San Francisco Green Businesses that meet environmental standards set by the City.
When & how to contact us
We do not have the bandwith to respond to these requests:
- Research products that are not in the SF Approved List.
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Add products you have not tried.
- To sell to the City.
Contact us for other questions.
