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SF Approved Green Products
Visit our new site for easier compliance - SFApproved.org
Buy less pollution when you shop.
It's your one-stop shop for over 1,000 green products that:
- SF City Staff are required to buy under City ordinances.
- SF Green Businesses are allowed to use.
- Can be used to green your home, small business or large organization.
Join 28,000 SF City staff & 100 SF Green Businesses that try innovative SF Approved Products such as:
- Rechargeable batteries that keep their charge for a year (a lot longer than ones you're used to).
- Refillable white board markers
- Keyboard dusters with no greenhouse gasses.
City staff - get a consultation on how to get in the City's list of leaders that buy green.
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Legislation & Initiatives
- Arsenic-Treated Wood Ordinance
- Arsenic-Treated Wood Regulations
- Executive Directive 06-02 Biodiesel for Municipal Fleets (2006)
- 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
Executive Directive 06-05: Recycling and Resource Conservation
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
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.
