GREEN PURCHASING POLICY
By including environmental considerations in our purchasing decisions, along with the traditional concerns of price, performance, and availability, H.A.R.D. will promote practices that improve public health and safety, reduce pollution, and conserve natural resources and energy. HARD focuses on purchasing products that are biobased, biodegradable, carcinogen-free, chlorofluorocarbon (CC)-free, compostable, durable, energy efficient, heavy metal free (e.g., no lead, mercury, cadmium, Less hazardous, Low volatile organic compound (VOC) content, low-toxicity, made from rapidly renewable materials, persistent, bio- accumulative toxic (PBT)-free, recyclable, recycled content, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, reduced packaging, refurbished, resource efficiency, reusable, upgradable, and water efficient.