How to Buy Green
Learn how to identify environmentally preferred products and make sustainable purchasing decisions using Penn Marketplace.
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How to Buy Green
Penn offers a wide selection of environmentally preferred products through its Preferred Contract Suppliers in Penn Marketplace. Authorized users can login to BEN Buys and use Penn Marketplace’s advanced search features to identify recycled, biobased, and other environmentally friendly products when making purchasing decisions.
Procurement Services continually works to identify and promote sustainable purchasing options. If you discover a green product that performs well and should be considered for broader use at Penn, we’d welcome your feedback.
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How to Identify Green Products in the Penn Marketplace
To search for environmentally preferred products in Penn Marketplace:
- Select “Advanced Search”
- Check the “Penn Green” feature
- Review your search results.
Products identified as Penn Green include recycled and other environmentally preferred products based on supplier-provided product classifications.
Search Using the Penn Green Attribute:
Identify Green Products:
Have feedback? If you’ve identified an environmentally preferred product that works well and may benefit the Penn community, we’d love to hear from you. Please send all questions to Penn Marketplace.