Presented by Briar Schoon, Interim Sustainability Manager Portland Community College You Have Your Supply Chain Footprint, Now What? Moving Forward with Sustainable Purchasing at PCC

About PCC Largest higher educational institution in the state of Oregon PCC has 10 campuses and centers throughout the Portland- metro area Approximately 90,000+ students 3205 staff and faculty members Collectively, our square footage combined is slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island.

Reduce emissions from 2006 levels: – 10% by 2012; – 40% by 2030; and – 80% by 2050 PCC GHG Targets

GHG Calculator Good Company's G3C calculator

Supply Chain Emissions The scale of greenhouse gas emissions from supply chain can be quite large.

Supply Chain Methodology Organize procurement data into major categories for analysis

Supply Chain Methodology The EIO-LCA online tool is available for free and assists in converting economic activity through dollars spent into GHG emissions. The tool and more information about it can be found at the following website: Utilize the Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) method to find the CO 2 e-intensity for each of those categories.

The EIO-LCA tool

Supply Chain Methodology

Supply Chain Emissions

FY13 GHG Hotspots

Two questions: – How to promote sustainable purchases in a complex and diverse organization like PCC? – How to account for sustainable purchases in GHG inventory? Moving Forward

More specific supply chain GHG inventory Supply Chain GHG Inventory Emission intensities specific to Oregon- consumption patterns Developed by David Allaway with Oregon DEQ Three-region consumption model

Accounting for EPP Emissions Intensities for sustainable purchases – Environmental Paper Network – Paper Calculator – EPA Recycled Content (Recon) Tool

Working with admins to promote EPP Product-specific Green Office Supplies Purchasing Guide Administrative Assistants

Working with Office Max to highlight green products & track purchases EPA’s ReCon tool to identify GHG savings from recycled content purchases. Tracking EPP

Sustainable purchasing with the District Student Council – 2 nd largest purchaser at PCC – Drafted policy & criteria with students – Plans to develop product & service-specific sustainable purchasing guide – To be implemented next academic year District Student Council

Sustainability language and criteria in RFPs and college-wide contracts – Successfully modeled for the first time in our waste hauling invitation to bid last month – Infused sustainability throughout ITB – About 30% of award criteria Sustainability in RFPs

Working with organizations focused on sustainable procurement – Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council – West Coast Government Purchasing for Climate Protection Workgroup – Healthy Purchasing Coalition in OR Sustainable Procurement Organizations

Other avenues we will be exploring… – Sustainable purchasing 101 guide What, why, how – Training for purchasers & p-card holders Videos to compliment current training In person sessions – Working with other large vendors to get data Stats on EPP Product-specific data Future Goals

Looking for strategies and solutions to address: – Measuring success- how good is good enough? – Calculating GHG savings associated with sustainable purchases Challenges

Questions? Thank you! Briar Schoon, Interim Sustainability Manager