8/22/2016 U.S. EPA Recommended Standards and Ecolabels: Simplifying Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Holly Elwood, EPA EPP Program Alison Kinn Bennett, EPA EPP Program Coalition for Government Procurement Update Summer 2016 How we got here… 2016 2011-15 Late ‘90s - Pilot findings; 1976 Early ‘00s finalization of EPA develops Draft RCRA Guidelines; Guidelines for EPP Final Guidance and CPG determination of & Case Studies & assessing standards Green Product Program next steps and ecolabels Guides Early 2000s- 1993 2015 ongoing EO 12873 EO 13693; launch EPP Engagement & EPP of Pilot to assess in Env. Program standards and Performance ecolabels; Issuance Standards of Interim Development Recommendations 1
8/22/2016 The Problem we are trying to solve – Mine is green. Mine is greener. Mine is greenest. – it’s a good problem to have! Agenda � US government standards policy – how we use and participate in standards � EO13693 and environmentally preferable purchasing � EPA’s Interim Recommendations of standards and ecolabels � EPA Guidelines Pilot to assess standards and ecolabels � Your questions… 2
8/22/2016 OMB A119 - January 27, 2016 • Continues USG preference for use of existing voluntary consensus standards over government-unique standards where feasible • Criteria for choosing and using voluntary consensus standards and other types of standards • Participating in standards development activities • Choosing methods of conformity assessment • Considering international standards and obligations President Obama signs Executive Order 13693 – March 2015 3
8/22/2016 EO 13693 – 3(i) Sustainable Procurement Requirements (i)Statutory Mandates (ii) EPA programs (iii) Env. Preferable Meet or Recycled WaterSense exceed specs, content (CPG) Safer Choice standards, or EnergyStar, labels SNAP FEMP recommended Smartway by EPA BioPreferred https://sftool.gov/greenprocurement The Goals of the EPA Recommendations � Leverage existing standards and ecolabels � Recognize environmental performance that is better than standard industry practice � Do the hard work for federal purchasers 4
8/22/2016 A PPROACH TO I NTERIM R ECOMMENDATIONS Universe of Ecolabels DOE GreenBuy & Standards Program & GSA PBS EPA Recommended Standards & Ecolabels EPA Interim Recommendations Cafeteria Construction Custodial Electronics Grounds/ Operations/ Fleet/ Office Landscaping Shipping/ Shop 5
8/22/2016 Communication to Federal Purchasers: www.epa.gov/greenerproducts P ILOT A PPROACH TO R ECOMMENDATIONS Universe of Ecolabels & Standards EPA Recommended Standards & Ecolabels � Independent Guidelines Criteria Assessment for Standards Development & Ecolabels Only SDOs & ecolabels that volunteer for assessment will be included. 6
8/22/2016 Guidelines for Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels Section I - Standard Section I - Standard • Assessment Criteria & Example Sources of Evidence Development Process Development Process Section II - Environmental Section II - Environmental • Assessment Criteria & Example Sources of Evidence Effectiveness of the Standard Effectiveness of the Standard Section III - Conformity Section III - Conformity • Assessment Criteria & Example Sources of Evidence Assessment Procedures Assessment Procedures Section IV - Ecolabel Program Section IV - Ecolabel Program • Assessment Criteria & Example Sources of Evidence Management Management Key Questions for the Pilot & EPA in 2016… � How to improve the Guidelines and the criteria? � How to communicate results to federal purchasers? � What are some post-pilot scenarios? 7
8/22/2016 2017 and beyond… Making the “Recommendations” Standard Operating Procedure… Category Category Contract Contract OMB OMB Management Management Writing Writing Consolidated Consolidated Scorecards Scorecards Systems Systems Vehicles Vehicles Federal Federal Procurement Procurement Training Training Data System Data System For More Information… � EPA’s Greener Products & Services: http://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts � EPP Guidelines Pilot: http://www.resolv.org/site-guidelines/ � U.S. policy and information resources on standards: http://standards.gov Holly Elwood Elwood.Holly@epa.gov Alison Kinn Bennett Kinn.Alison@epa.gov 8
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