Sustainable Acquisition

The team establishes a national approach to expand purchases of sustainable goods and services, including biobased products, as deemed appropriate for LM operations and approved by LM, as defined in:

• Executive Order (EO) 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability
• DOE Order 436.1A, Departmental Sustainability

The team advocates implementation of a sustainable procurement process.

The team has established a process to evaluate the procurement of goods and services for LM using the acquisition of environmentally preferable products and services, including the acquisition of biobased, environmentally preferable, energy-efficient, water-efficient, and recycled-content products, and use of paper of at least 30 percent post-consumer fiber content. This approach will apply when it is life-cycle cost-effective and when the relevant products, utility, and performance are not compromised.

• Maintain a system to monitor and evaluate sustainable acquisition progress.
• Maintain/implement a plan that integrates sustainable acquisition into LM activities.
• Provide employee awareness and training.
• Propose sustainable acquisition goals/targets.
• Develop metrics to measure and report sustainable acquisition performance.