Sunrise on Mount Diablo’s summit at the 2016 Mount Diablo Challenge. Image credit: Caleb Castle.
Save Mount Diablo’s Green Business Program
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guideline
Guideline Statement
It is the policy of Save Mount Diablo’s office location whenever possible to:
institute practices that reduce waste by increasing product efficiency and effectiveness;
purchase products that minimize environmental impacts, toxics, pollution, and hazards to worker and community safety;
purchase products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their production, shipping, use and discard; and,
purchase products that include recycled content are durable and long-lasting, conserve energy and water, use agricultural fibers and residues, use unbleached or chlorine free manufacturing processes, are lead-free and mercury-free, and use wood from sustainably harvested forests.
Purpose
This Guideline is adopted in order to:
conserve natural resources,
minimize environmental impacts such as pollution and use of water and energy,
eliminate or reduce toxics that create hazards to workers and our community,
support strong recycling markets,
reduce materials that are landfilled,
increase the use and availability of environmentally preferable products that protect the environment,
identify environmentally preferable products and distribution systems,
reward manufacturers and vendors that reduce environmental impacts in their production and distribution systems or services,
create a model for successfully purchasing environmentally preferable products that encourages other purchasers in our community to adopt similar goals.
