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SF Approved Green Products

Legislation & Initiatives Achievements and Reports Links

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Join many of SF's City Depts. in doing the right thing.
Just buy SF Approved Products to protect our health and environment.

SF Approved Products often:
- Meet standards that are more rigorous than ecolabels.
- Have been tested by SF City Depts.

City staff are Required to buy certain products & services in the SF Approved List.

Get a consultation on how City staff can:
- Comply with SF Green Purchasing, Integrated Pest Management, and Hazardous Waste Laws.
- Get recognition in SFE's list of who buys the most/least green products.
- Earn credits for US Green Building Council LEED certification.
- Meet requirements in Dept. Climate Action Plans.

Legislation & Initiatives

• Arsenic-Treated Wood Ordinance



• Arsenic-Treated Wood Regulations



• Executive Directive 06-02 Biodiesel for Municipal Fleets (2006)


Executive Directive 06-05: Recycling and Resource Conservation


• Executive Directive 08-01: Reduce Environmental Impact of Government Information and Communications Technology (2008)



• Executive Directive 08-02: Purchase Only SF Approved Green Products, 100 Percent Post-Consumer Content Recycled Paper, and Reduce Paper Use (2008)



• Fair Trade Certified Goods Resolution



• Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance, Environment Code, Ch. 16



• Healthy Air and Smog Prevention Ordinance, Environment Code, Ch. 4 (1999)



• Integrated Pest Management Ordinance, Environment Code, Ch. 2 (2006)



• Mayor's Directive: Buy Multi Function Devices (MFDs) to replace printers, copiers, faxes and scanners (2005)



• Organic Certified Goods Resolution



• Precautionary Purchasing Ordinance (2005)



• Precautionary Purchasing Regulations



• Resolution: SF Producer Responsibility



• Resource Conservation Ordinance, Environment Code Ch. 5



• Resource Efficiency Ordinance, Environment Code Ch. 7

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Achievements and Reports

As part of the 2005 Precautionary Purchasing Ordinance, the city is required to provide an annual report. Below, you can find out how many green products the City & County of San Francisco purchased.

• 2008 Annual Report with Sales Data of SF Approved Products Purchased


• 2007 Annual Report with Sales Data of SF Approved Products Purchased



• 2005-2007 Review of SF's Implementation of the Precautionary Purchasing Ordinance

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Links

Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Listserv (EPPnet)

Responsible Purchasing Network - Best practices and purchasing tools designed by a national network of procurement professionals dedicated to environmentally and socially responsible purchasing.

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