WGP Credit 5: Environmentally Preferable Product Procurement (Non-Capital Items) (1-2 points)
Non-Reciprocal
Intent:
To encourage and increase the procurement of recycled content and other environmentally preferable products (EPP[1]).
Requirements:
Local Government Requirements
Tier 1: (1 point)
Demonstrate the Local Government’s procurement of products that meet EPP requirements for a minimum of 10 percent of the local government’s procurement budget
Tier 2: (1 point)
Demonstrate the Local Government’s procurement of products that meet EPP requirements for a minimum of 25 percent of the local government’s procurement budget.
Industry Requirements
Tier 1: (1 point)
Demonstrate the Company’s procurement of products that meet EPP requirements for a minimum of 10 percent of the Company’s procurement budget.
Tier 2: (1 point)
Demonstrate the Company’s procurement of products that meet EPP requirements for a minimum of 25 percent of the Company’s procurement budget.
Potential Strategies
● Utilize an open database of ‘preferred’ alternative chemicals, materials, and processes to help companies reformulate products to make them more circular.
● Establish procurement guidelines to label products as compostable.
[1] EPP criteria should conform with EPA or US Department of Energy or SMaRT Sustainable Product Standard guidelines for environmentally preferable products as outlined in Federal Executive Order 13693, section 3 (i) or demonstrated through life cycle assessment. Products that are certified to Version 4 of the SMaRT Sustainable Product Standard count 2x non-certified products.