Summary of Links

• Policies and Legislation
• Government Resources
• Green Procurement Tools
• Green Procurement Purchasing Guides
• Sources of Information From Other Governments

Policies and Legislation

• Alternative Fuels Act
• Canadian Environmental Protection Act
  • Toxic Substances List
  • Ozone-depleting substances regulations
  • Regulations
• Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act
• Energy Efficiency Act
• Federal Sustainable Development Act
• Hazardous Products Act
• Policy on Green Procurement
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
• Treasury Board Directive on Fleet Management: Executive Vehicles
• Treasury Board Directive on Fleet Management: Light-Duty Vehicles
• Treasury Board Policy on the Management of Materiel
• Treasury Board Policy Framework for the Management of Assets and Acquired Services

Government Resources

• Competition Bureau
  • Environmental Claims: A Guide for Industry and Advertisers Backgrounder
  • Environmental Claims: A Guide for Industry and Advertisers Enforcement Guidelines
• Environment Canada
  • Air Quality
  • Canadian Pollution Prevention Clearinghouse
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Green Meeting Guide (PDF Version - 755 KB) (Help on File Formats)
  • Hazardous Waste and Recyclable Material
  • Managing and Reducing Waste
  • National Pollutant Release Inventory
  • Ozone
  • Renewable Energy
• PWGSC
  • Office of Greening Government Operations
  • Acquisitions Branch Green Procurement
• Natural Resources Canada
  • Canadian Recycling Web Site
  • Purchasing a Fuel-Efficient Vehicle
  • ENERGY STAR®
  • ENERGY STAR® Simple Steps to an Energy-Smart Office
  • Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI)
  • Office of Energy Efficiency
  • Sustainable Forest Management

Green Procurement Tools

• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Indoor Air Quality information 
• Consumer Reports Eco-labels centre
• Ecolabel Index
• Environmental Impact Calculators
  • Cleaning Products
    • Responsible Purchasing Network Cleaning Products Calculator  (free login required)
    • Green Cleaning Pollution Prevention Calculator  (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
  • Electronics
    • Electronics Environmental Benefit Calculator
  • Energy
    • ENERGY STAR® Savings Calculator (NRCan)
    • RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Software for Renewable-energy and Energy-efficient Technologies (RET)
  • Food and Beverage Services
    • Responsible Purchasing Network Bottled Water Calculator  (free login required)
    • New York City Reusable Cups and Bowls Calculator
  • Greenhouse gases (GhG)
    • GhG Travel Calculator  (Atmosfair)
    • GhG savings calculator for teleconferencing
    • GHGenius (GhG emissions calculator) (NRCan)
  • Paper and Printing
    • Environmental Paper Network Calculator
    • Xerox Sustainability Calculator for printing solutions
  • Purchasing Impact Estimator  (U.S. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
  • Vehicles
    • Vehicle Life Cycle Information Tool (NRCan)
• The North American Green Purchasing Initiative's Eco-Eval

Green Procurement Guides

• Alternative Fuel Vehicle Guide (NRCan)
• Buying green! A handbook on environmental public procurement  (PDF version Approx. 572 Kb) (European Commission) 
• Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) 
• EnerGuide (NRCan)
• ENERGY STAR Canada Purchasing Toolkit for Energy-Efficient Products
• ENERGY STAR Purchasing Guide
• Environmental Marketing Guides  (U.S. Federal Trade Commission) 
• Environmental Purchasing Guide  (PDF version Approx. 521 Kb) (Australian Government) 
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing  (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) 
• Governments Incorporating Procurement Policies to Eliminate Refuse (GIPPER) Guide to Environmental Purchasing  (PDF Version - 1.09 MB) (Help on File Formats)
• New American Dream Responsible Purchasing Network 
• The Procura+ Manual: A Guide to Cost-Effective Sustainable Public Procurement  (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)) 
• Purchasing a Fuel-Efficient Vehicle (NRCan)

Sources of Information from Other Governments

• Buying Green: Making a Difference through GPP  (EU)
• Collection of Statistical Information for Green Public Procurement in the EU
• Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts  (Australia) 
• Environmental Protection Agency  (U.S.)
  • list of ozone depleting substances
• FedCentre Buying Green  (U.S.)
• Green Procurement Makes a Difference: Prime Examples from the Nordic Countries
• Green Public Procurement (EU)
  • GPP Training Toolkit
• Guidance for Sustainable Procurement  (Sweden) 
• Life Cycle Costing Tool & Guide  (Sweden) 
• Life Cycle Initiative 
• Procurement Document Hub  (Greening Greater Toronto)