Help your organization buy green with these resources.

Watch videos on why reuse, buy less, buy green, and recycle through responsible companies.

See how SF gets 28,000 City staff to Buy Green Program.  That link includes a file on:

• History
• How the program is funded
• Videos to "Make" People Change
• How SF Depts. make purchases
• How SF tracks the amount of green products bought
• Incentives for local, small businesses to contract with the City
• SF Buy Green Program organizational structure
• Barriers to implementing a best-value contract policy
• How you can ask questions

Buy green products in the SF Approved List.

Get other green products that are not in the SF Approved List.

Use SF Green Laws, Policies, Specs & Contract Language:

• SF Approved language.
• Language for other green products not in the SF Approved List.
• Ask all vendors to use green packaging

See Webinars & Guides on How to Buy Green:

• Responsible Purchasing Network

• Learn the lingo: ecolabels (e.g., Energystar), attributes, criterion, standard.
• Buying Smart: Experiences of Municipal Green Purchasing Pioneers.

Track the amount of green products your organization buys:

• Responsible Purchasing Network slideshow by NYC, US Dept. of Energy

Interact(click links at top of any page):

• Rate SF Approved green products.
• Share on Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, & more.