Some businesses have been receiving illegitimate email requests from Penn asking for basic information such as company website, catalogue, and contact information.  Messages we have seen so far purport to be from a former Penn employee and appear to originated from procurement@upenn.edu.  This message can simply be deleted and you may optionally report the fraud attempt with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (www.ic3.gov).   If you have responded to this bogus inquiry, please let us know for further evaluation by contacting us at Procure@upenn.edu.

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Green Products & Services

There are various definitions of “green” products used today, often depending on the supplier’s definition, and with varying “shades of green”. Procurement Services uses the following criteria to define a “green” product.

  • Easily reused (either whole or through disassembly)

  • Made using natural and/or renewable resources

  • Contains recycled content (post-consumer and/or post-industrial)

  • Readily recycled (preferably in a closed-loop recycling system)

  • Biodegradable

  • Does not contain highly toxic compounds, and their production does not result in highly toxic by-products

  • Does not contain chlorofluorocarbons, hydro chlorofluorocarbons or other ozone depleting substances Promote good indoor air quality (typically through reduced emissions of volatile organic compounds and/or formaldehyde)

  • Energy efficient

  • Durable with low maintenance requirements

  • Low "embodied energy" (energy required to produce/transport material)