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79% of purchasers who believe that we are in a short-term recession say their organizations will do more "green" purchasing in the next two years. (EcoMarkets, 2009)

 


City of Toronto

“The City of Toronto always works towards being environmentally efficient, effective and responsible. In its efforts to provide quality service it has developed the GIPPER (Governments Incorporating Procurement Policies to Eliminate Refuse) Guide to Environmental Purchasing, which is a detailed tool making it easy for purchasers to include environmental considerations in their purchases and policies. The Environmental Choice Program and its criteria were a major resource for us in developing our guide and when specifying for tenders.”

Lou Pagano, Director of Purchasing and Materials Management
City of Toronto