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IGPN NEWSLETTER [Issue 3]
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HEADLINES
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- UK Government Announces The National Action Plan: ‘Procuring The
Future’
- Coca-Cola Turns to HFC-Free Insulation for Refrigeration Units
- Ford Launches Customer Carbon Offset Program
- Bank of America Pilot Program Pays Employees to Buy Hybrids
- Toyota to double hybrid models
- London considering law change to promote 'green' power
- World Resource Institute released new guidebook showing how to fight
global warming for office workers.
- Wal-Mart Seeks Sustainable Business Solutions for Its Textile Supply
Chain
- Alliance to save energy unveils 'World-Class Assessment Strategies'
- European Commission seeks to promote hydrogen powered vehicles
- NREL Shrinks Laboratory’s Environmental Footprint.
- UK government interests in personal carbon trading
- Green Electronics Council Offers Database to Large Volume Purchasers
- WWF and Sony Ink Emission Reduction Deal
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UK Government Announces The National Action Plan: ‘Procuring The
Future’
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UK Government Announces The National Action Plan: ‘Procuring The Future’
British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced a detailed plan to overhaul the way
the UK government spends ?150 million a year on goods and services to ensure
it meets certain standards on environmental sustainability. The standards
covers energy efficiency, green house gas emissions, the efficient use
of natural resources and raw materials, transport, measures to avoid
pollution and ways of ensuring environmentally sensitive goods such as
timber.
The plan, complied by The Sustainable Procurement Task Force and titled
‘Procuring The Future’, includes a host of other environmental targets for
official buildings, such as making all government offices carbon neutral
in 6 years, and recycling 75% of waste, cutting overall waste generated
by 25%, reducing water consumption by 25% and increasing energy
efficiency per square meter by 30%, all by the end of the next decade.
For detailed information on The National Action Plan: ‘Procuring The Future’
http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/publications/procurement-action-plan/index.htm
For detailed information on Sustainable Task Force
http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/government/task-forces/procurement/index.htm
Detailed overview can be downloaded from:
http://www.igpn.org/news/UK%20National%20Action%20Plan%20-%20Procuring%20the%20Future.pdf
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GREEN PURCHASING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
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Coca-Cola Turns to HFC-Free Insulation for Refrigeration Units
The Coca-Cola Company has completed the transition to HFC-free insulation
for 98% of all new purchases of refrigerated sales and marketing equipment.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/06/cocacola_turns_to_hfcfree_insu.html
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Ford Launches Customer Carbon Offset Program
Ford Motor Company and TerraPass have announced "Greener Miles, a program
offering Ford vehicle owners the opportunity to offset the climate
impact of their driving through the support of projects that reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/06/ford_launches_customer_carbon.html
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Bank of America Pilot Program Pays Employees to Buy Hybrids
Bank of America has introduced a pilot program that will reimburse $3,000 to
bank associates purchasing a new hybrid vehicle.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/06/bank_of_america_pilot_program.html
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London considering law change to promote 'green' power
AFP has reported that Planning laws in Britain could be changed to allow the
installation of so-called micro-generation technologies -- the use of
small-scale power generation sources like photovoltaics and wind
micro-turbines --, a government minister reportedly said.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/06/london_considering_law_change.html
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World Resource Institute released new guidebook showing how to fight global
warming for office workers.
The report, titled Hot Climate, Cool Commerce: A Service Sector Guide to
Greenhouse Gas Management (PDF), provides how to introduce
energy-efficiency measures to improve building operations.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/06/world_resource_institute_relea_1.html
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Wal-Mart Seeks Sustainable Business Solutions for Its Textile Supply Chain
Wal-Mart held a two-day meeting on issues and opportunities related to
the sustainable production and use of textiles.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/07/walmart_seeks_sustainable_busi.html
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Alliance to save energy unveils 'World-Class Assessment Strategies'
The Alliance to Save Energy has released a report offering world-class
strategies for conducting effective energy assessments within
manufacturing facilities.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/07/alliance_to_save_energy_unveil_1.html
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European Commission seeks to promote hydrogen powered vehicles
To boost consumer confidence and facilitate the commercialisation of hydrogen
powered vehicles, the Commission plans to set new safety requirements
for such vehicles and incorporate them into the European type-approval
framework.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/07/european_commission_seeks_to_p.html
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NREL Shrinks Laboratory’s Environmental Footprint
By installing on-site solar and wind power systems and purchasing
renewable energy certificates, the U.S. Department of Energy's National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is employing renewable energy to
offset not only the total energy use of its buildings, but the energy
used by NREL vehicles, employee commuting, air travel and other "life
cycle" energy consumption as well.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/07/european_commission_seeks_to_p.html
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UK government interests in personal carbon trading
The UK government is to look into the idea of issuing citizens with personal
carbon allowances to boost efforts to curb greenhouse gases emissions,
environment minister David Miliband.said.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/07/uk_government_interest_in_pers.html
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Green Electronics Council Offers Database to Large Volume Purchasers
The Green Electronics Council has released the Electronic Products
Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) database.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/07/green_electronics_council_offe.html
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WWF and Sony Ink Emission Reduction Deal
Sony will cut CO2 emissions from both operations and its product range
as part of a deal struck with WWF.
http://www.igpn.org/news/2006/07/wwf_and_sony_ink_emission_redu.html
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