About the Sustainable Purchasing Network

This year, the Delta Institute will work with Chicago area businesses and municipalities to implement green purchasing pilots and establish a regional Sustainable Purchasing Network to help companies and organizations purchase “greener” products. The Sustainable Purchasing Network will be a technical support resource for businesses and municipalities interested in purchasing less toxic and/or higher recycled content products as well as a portal for members to interact on the topic of green purchasing. Currently the Delta Institute is implementing six green purchasing pilot projects including:

• Greening cleaning supplies
• Paper products including tissue
• Office supplies
• Outdoor paint
• Green guides for tenants
• Training

Organizations participating in the pilot programs include:

• The City of Chicago
• DePaul University
• Material Science Corporation
• Merchandise Mart
• State of Illinois

For more information about the Sustainable Purchasing Network contact:

Abigail Corso
(312) 554-0900 x 25
acorso@delta-institute.org

About the Delta Institute

The Delta Institute works for a world where the air is clean and the water is pure—where all communities and children thrive, not just those with higher incomes—where businesses are green, and the future is sustainable.

Delta means change. The Delta Institute is a nonprofit organization formed in 1998 to develop and test fresh ideas for bringing about sustainable communities. We are re-thinking the disciplines of environmental protection and economic development—and doing our best to integrate them.

We create new models for development that won’t harm the environment, and that will benefit disadvantaged communities. We’re entrepreneurial about preventing pollution, conserving energy, and helping blighted communities recycle industrial property. And we advocate for policies that protect and make the most of the region’s human, natural, and economic resources.