Sustainability Statement

Procurement Services is committed to environmental sustainability by encouraging faculty, staff and students to purchase products and services that minimize waste, contain a high-recycled content, use responsible production methods, and demonstrate a maximum biodegradability, reparability, energy efficiency, non-toxicity and recyclability.  Responsible environmental stewardship results in less consumption of natural resources and less polluting of natural ecosystems. 

Green purchasing is defined by the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) as the purchase of products and services that have less impact on the environment and human health compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. This comparison may consider raw materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, re-use, operation, maintenance or disposal of the product or service.