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Sustainable Marketplace: Greener Products and Services

Integrating Green Purchasing Into Your Environmental Management System (EMS)

The goal of this report is to help Federal facilities integrate green purchasing into their EMS. The intended audience includes those tasked with implementing an EMS, reducing environmental impacts, meeting green purchasing requirements and/or buying products and services in a Federal facility.

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