CECC-4.2bUpdate the City’s administrative regulations to include purchasing requirements for sustainable products and food

The City's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program (EP³), established in 2007 with A.R. 35.80, requires City departments to consider products that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products that serve the same purpose.

Implementing this action to reduce the carbon and water footprint of animal product purchases is in alignment with EP³ and would have additional benefits to the local economy and the health of the City's workforce. The City will explore an update to EP³ to meet this goal.