The Sustainable Purchasing Guide is designed to help you, as a staff, student or faculty member at UBC, purchase more sustainable products and services.

The guide supports the adoption of the UBC Supply Management's Sustainable Purchasing Principles and is a resource for making purchasing decisions that exemplify UBC’s commitment to sustainability. Designed as a living document by UBC Supply Management and the Campus Sustainability Office, this guide will continue to grow and evolve as more sustainable products and services become available. Click the links to download each section of the guide individually, or download the entire guide.

• Business Travel
• Catering
• Couriers
• Event Planning
• Furniture
• Office Supplies
• Paper and Printing

Download the Sustainable Purchasing Guide.

TIP: The guide has been designed as an interactive PDF. Here are a few shortcuts that will help you to use the guide: clicking on the numbered items in the table of contents takes you directly to that page. Select text has been linked to the relevant website, clicking on these links will open your web browser to the site.