Government of New Zealand | Green Electronics Council

Purchaser Profile

Purchaser Name	Government of New Zealand
Purchaser Type	National Government
IT Contract Name and Contact	Request for Proposal for the Supply of Personal Computers
Contract Start Date	2006
EPEAT Language	4. Reduction of impacts over whole of product life cycle Preference will be given to products for which all key sustainability impact areas have been addressed. This may be demonstrated by the products being licensed to carry — the Environmental Choice New Zealand (www.enviro-choice.org.nz ) ecolabel; or — or TCO ( www.tco.se ) ecolabel; or — an equivalent ecolabel (eg Nordic Swan, Blue Angel); or — are listed as Silver or above in the EPEAT ( 68.168.250.188/EPEATwp/ ) product database; or — or through other documentation of meeting these or similar criteria.

*EPEAT Purchasing Tier indicates how many EPEAT categories are specified in the organization’s purchasing agreements