EnvironmentalRequirementsforStateContracting-DAS.pptVIP

Environmental Requirements for State Contracting What’s Required for Connecticut Executive Branch State Agencies? From this presentation you will learn: EPP – what is it; why participate? The basics of Life-Cycle cost analysis What’s required by state statute? Recycled paper EPA CPGs Additional Resources you can use Energy Star Green Seal EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines What is Environmentally Preferable Purchasing? AKA: Green Purchasing, Eco-Procurement, Sustainable Purchasing, Affirmative Purchasing Purchasing practices that utilize your economic resources in a manner that conserves the sources of the commodities you buy Benefits of EPP Reduce ghg emissions (Climate Change) and Acid Rain Respond to Public Demand Address Social Equity Improve Air and Water Quality Preserve and Restore Habitat Benefits of EPP Increase Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Save Energy Conserve Water Improve Employee Health Reduce Environmental Liability Sustainability and Good Governance “Embedded Climate Risk” has been identified as a serious danger to the long-term productivity of the global economy. Beginning to greatly influence financial markets across the globe. Dow Jones Sustainability Index Economic, social, and environmental criteria CGS § 4a-67h - EPP Defined “…products, services or practices [that] have a lesser or reduced negative affect on human health and the environment when compared to competing products, services or practices that serve the same function.” CGS § 4a-67h Amended by P.A. 04-252… References to reducing Global Warming Impact In accordance with CT’s Climate Change Action Plan CT Monitor the use of EPPs by CT State Agencies EPP Evaluates Product Lifecycle (or cost-effectiveness) “…taking into consideration the raw materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse, operation, maintenance or disposal aspects of the product…” Life-Cycle Cost Analysis What is it? State Statutes require the use of Life-Cycl