Green Purchasing

These web pages contain your guidelines to green purchasing. Purchasers should bookmark this link for ongoing advice, tools and resources. Suppliers should review these pages to learn how the Province of BC purchases green.

Why should you purchase green?

Read Government's Guidlines for Environmentally Responsible Purchasing

Read About the Important Connection Between Purchasing and the Environment

Click on the title below that best describes what you want to buy today. 
You’ll find:

- Links to green options available through Shared Services BC;
- A database of relevant environmental certifications for your specification;
- Environmental criteria for your RFPs; and
- A market survey questionnaire to help you find out what’s new in your market area.

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Contact Procurement Services Branch for specialized green purchasing advisory services.

New green options are being developed all the time – if you hear of something, please let us know, and help build our database.