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on the same topic, if anyone is interested, I wrote a report for the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production on the power of purchasing to drive the development of products with safer chemistry— getting toxics out of products is key for a circular economy.  I think (if I do say so myself!) that this is a good resource fore those interested in the subject, and it includes case studies.  

https://community.sustainablepurchasing.org/content/uploads/_mediavault/2015/09/Advancing_Safer_Chemistry_Report_2015-07.pdf

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On May 6, 2023, at 3:07 AM, gree...@googlegroups.com wrote:

Jill Donello <ji...@greeneducation.us>: May 05 07:43AM -0700

Marialyce Pedersen will lead this 2-hour, interactive, virtual workshop on
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing for cities, organizations and
businesses on June 21st, 10-12pm Pacific (1-3pm Eastern).
 
View in your browser
<https://mailchi.mp/242fed40260f/zw-purchasing-powers-2023?e=[UNIQID]>
Build Your Zero Waste Purchasing Powers
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
 
Environmentally Preferred Purchasing Workshop
 
Wednesday, June 21st, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Pacific Time
 
You already know that purchasing intentionally, whether to achieve resource
conservation and financial savings, or in the pursuit of higher goals like
Zero Waste and our desired Circular Economy, is of critical importance
today for businesses, local governments, schools, and nonprofits. But both
common and unique issues beset us as individuals in our roles within
organizations.
 
Come to this Environmentally Preferred Purchasing
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
Workshop where Marialyce Pedersen will deliver tailored and actionable
guidance, coupled with a robust question-and-answer session, intended to
enable participants to walk away well prepared to solve their trickiest EPP
issues.
 
Whether you are just starting out and seeking advice on building support
for environmentally preferred purchasing practices or establishing a policy
in a centralized procurement system, need to communicate to and educate
leaders and co-workers in a decentralized workplace, or are ready to locate
responsible products and form relationships with EPP vendors, and require
assistance with contract clauses and best practices in tracking outcomes
like reportable environmental savings, this
 
workshop will deliver!
 
Workshop Objectives
 
This workshop will provide attendees with a solid understanding of
Environmentally Preferred Purchasing, addressing a myriad of specific
interests, needs and concerns of participants. We will customize the
program based on concerns raised by participants prior to attendance.
 
What You’ll Learn
 
-

US regulations and legislation (including Extended Producer
Responsibility - EPR - laws) including what is expected of organizations to
comply
-

What works when building organizational support for EPP
-

Developing and adopting a model EPP preference or policy
-

Tracking, reporting, and obtaining recognition for your EPP achievements
-

Avoiding “greenwashing”
-

The when, whys, and hows for selecting recycled content, reusable,
compostable, safe, and responsible products with reputably supported
claims, and how “product identifier” systems for environmental attributes
make EPP easier
-

Planning for end-of-life recycling, or requesting supplier take-back
programs for non recyclable products or packaging
-

Summary of prevalent EPP certification programs and their potential
impacts, including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry
Institute (SFI), Amazon’s Climate-Friendly Pledge, BPI Compostable, and
others
-

Introduction to Life Cycle Analysis assessments, Environmental Product
Declarations, and how to use the US EPA WARM tool to assess environmental
savings
-

Overview of the newly released U.S. Plastics Pact's Post Consumer
Recycled Content (PCR) Toolkit, to help companies decrease their usage of
virgin plastic in packaging and products, and replace it with recycled
content, thus making progress toward circularity

 
Upon Completion of this Workshop, You Will Be Able to:
 
-

Understand existing and emerging EPP regulations which may affect your
organization, and how to be prepared to comply
-

Consult existing leading-edge purchasing policies and draw from them to
draft an EPP preference or policy for your organization
-

Know how product identifiers drive EPP, where you can find them in use
now, and how to influence existing suppliers to establish new or additional
identifiers, as well as track their purchasing
-

Apply what’s worked in communicating to and obtaining support of senior
leaders and co- workers about EPP and how to drive participation, program
success and organizational pride
-

Report key environmental and financial savings (Key Performance
Indicators) achieved by EPP program implementation

 
Meet Your Instructor
 
From 2003 to 2019, Marialyce was a senior environmental policy analyst for
The Walt Disney Company (Corporate Citizenship; Global Public Policy),
developing and supporting implementation of companywide environmental
goals, policies, standards, and guidelines. Marialyce also worked for 11
years as an innovative recycling specialist for Ventura and Santa Barbara
counties. She is the co-author of the bestselling how-to book, Backyard
Composting (1992) and currently a regular contributor to the National
Recycling Coalition member e-newsletter.
 
Learn more about Marialyce on LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/marialycepedersen/>, GCBI TRUE
<https://true.gbci.org/marialyce-pedersen>, and NRC
<https://nrcrecycles.org/board-and-staff/>.
 
Purchase the Workshop
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
through GreenEducation.US
Jill Donello <ji...@greeneducation.us>: May 05 07:13AM -0700

Marialyce Pederson <https://www.linkedin.com/in/marialycepedersen/> will
lead this 2-hour interactive, virtual (ZOOM) workshop on June 21st
10am-12pm Pacific (1pm-3pm Eastern) on Environmentally Friendly Purchasing
for Zero Waste cities, organizations and businesses.
 
 
*At your pace, at your place, you have access to professional education by
GreenEducation.US from anywhere with an Internet **connection.*
 
 
Build Your Zero Waste Purchasing Powers
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
 
 
 
 
*Environmentally Preferred Purchasing WorkshopWednesday, June 21st, 10 a.m.
to 12 p.m., Pacific Time*
 
You already know that *purchasing intentionally*, whether to achieve
resource conservation and financial savings, or in the pursuit of higher
goals like Zero Waste and our desired Circular Economy, is of critical
importance today for businesses, local governments, schools, and
nonprofits. But both common and unique issues beset us as individuals in
our roles within organizations.
 
Come to this Environmentally Preferred Purchasing
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
Workshop where Marialyce Pedersen will deliver tailored and actionable
guidance, coupled with a robust question-and-answer session, intended to
enable participants to walk away well prepared to solve their trickiest EPP
issues.
 
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
 
*Wednesday, June 21st, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Pacific Time*
 
 
Purchase: ZW Purchasing Powers
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
 
 
*Your Instructor for EPP Workshop*:* National Recycling Coalition Board and
TRUE Advisory Council member Marialyce Pedersen will share what’s worked
well in procurement during her during her 30+ year sustainability career:
16 years in corporate environmental policy at The Walt Disney Company and
11 years in local government: Ventura County, City of Ventura, County of
Santa Barbara, and City of Thousand Oaks.*
 
 
 
Whether you are just starting out and seeking advice on building support
for environmentally preferred purchasing practices or establishing a policy
in a centralized procurement system, need to communicate to and educate
leaders and co-workers in a decentralized workplace, or are ready to locate
responsible products and form relationships with EPP vendors, and require
assistance with contract clauses and best practices in tracking outcomes
like reportable environmental savings, this
 
workshop will deliver!
 
 
Purchase: ZW Purchasing Powers
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
Workshop Objectives
 
This workshop will provide attendees with a solid understanding of
Environmentally Preferred Purchasing, addressing a myriad of specific
interests, needs and concerns of participants. We will customize the
program based on concerns raised by participants prior to attendance.
 
What You’ll Learn
 
 
-

US regulations and legislation (including Extended Producer
Responsibility - EPR - laws) including what is expected of organizations to
comply
-

What works when building organizational support for EPP
-

Developing and adopting a model EPP preference or policy
-

Tracking, reporting, and obtaining recognition for your EPP achievements
-

Avoiding “greenwashing”
-

The when, whys, and hows for selecting recycled content, reusable,
compostable, safe, and responsible products with reputably supported
claims, and how “product identifier” systems for environmental attributes
make EPP easier
-

Planning for end-of-life recycling, or requesting supplier take-back
programs for non recyclable products or packaging
-

Summary of prevalent EPP certification programs and their potential
impacts, including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry
Institute (SFI), Amazon’s Climate-Friendly Pledge, BPI Compostable, and
others
-

Introduction to Life Cycle Analysis assessments, Environmental Product
Declarations, and how to use the US EPA WARM tool to assess environmental
savings
-

Overview of the newly released U.S. Plastics Pact's Postconsumer
Recycled Content (PCR) Toolkit, to help companies decrease their usage of
virgin plastic in packaging and products, and replace it with recycled
content, thus making progress toward circularity

 
 
Purchase: ZW Purchasing Powers
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
Upon Completion of this Workshop, You Will Be Able to:
 
 
-

Understand existing and emerging EPP regulations which may affect your
organization, and how to be prepared to comply
-

Consult existing leading-edge purchasing policies and draw from them to
draft an EPP preference or policy for your organization
-

Know how product identifiers drive EPP, where you can find them in use
now, and how to influence existing suppliers to establish new or additional
identifiers, as well as track their purchasing
-

Apply what’s worked in communicating to and obtaining support of senior
leaders and co- workers about EPP and how to drive participation, program
success and organizational pride
-

Report key environmental and financial savings (Key Performance
Indicators) achieved by EPP program implementation

 
 
Purchase: ZW Purchasing Powers
<https://www.greeneducation.us/product-page/build-your-zero-waste-purchasing-powers-workshop>
 
 
 
 
Meet Your Instructor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marialyce Pedersen
 
 
is a writer, sustainable materials management professional and certified
TRUE Advisor, now serving a second term as a Board Member of the National
Recycling Coalition. Marialyce was on the team that developed the TRUE
Advisor course and exam in 2017 and was a founding member of the U.S. Zero
Waste Business Council. She has also developed curriculum and taught a Zero
Waste in Business course for community college students pursuing a
Recycling and Resource Management certificate and AA degree program.
 
From 2003 to 2019, Marialyce was a senior environmental policy analyst for
The Walt Disney Company (Corporate Citizenship; Global Public Policy),
developing and supporting implementation of companywide environmental
goals, policies, standards, and guidelines. Marialyce also worked for 11
years as an innovative recycling specialist for Ventura and Santa Barbara
counties. She is the co-author of the bestselling how-to book, *Backyard
Composting* (1992) and currently a regular contributor to the National
Recycling Coalition member e-newsletter.
 
Learn more about Marialyce on *LinkedIn*
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/marialycepedersen/>, *GCBI TRUE*
<https://true.gbci.org/marialyce-pedersen>, and *NRC*
<https://nrcrecycles.org/board-and-staff/>.
 
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