This document provides an overview of recent private sector environmentally preferable purchasing initiatives and includes references to specific products and companies. These references are included to provide additional detail and do not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This document is intended to show representative private sector environmentally preferable purchasing activities. It does not attempt to include the efforts of every company initiating such activities or every activity initiated by the companies that are referenced.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Private Sector Pioneers: How Companies are Incorporating Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (PDF)(44 pp, 2 MB, June 1999, 742-R-99-001)