Metro - File #: 2019-0397

• File #: 2019-0397
• Type: Program
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/9/2019
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 6/20/2019
• Title: AUTHORIZE the implementation of an enterprise-wide Metro Sustainable Acquisition Program.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Budgeting, Cleaning, Construction, Disadvantaged business enterprises, Environmental policy, Guidelines, Motion / Motion Response, Policy, Procurement, Program, Safety, Small Business Enterprise, Strategic planning, Suppliers, Sustainability Design Guidelines (Project)
• Related files: 2019-0535

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 20, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO SUSTAINABLE ACQUISITION PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: AUTHORIZE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the implementation of an enterprise-wide Metro Sustainable Acquisition Program.

Issue
ISSUE

Sustainability is a core value at Metro and our agency is committed to ensuring that our public transportation system is planned, built, operated, and maintained in a way that encourages beneficial and restorative changes to local communities and the environment. The 2009 Board adopted Environmental Policy commits Metro to "applying sustainable principles and practices in our planning, construction, operations, and procurement to protect the environment for present and future generations." This policy principle acknowledges the social and environmental impacts that exist within Metro's supply chain and commits to the taking of steps to mitigate those impacts by integrating sustainability principles into the Agency's acquisition activities as close to cost neutral as possible. Implementation of the commitments resulting from the 2016 Board Motion 57: Environmental & Sustainability Efforts to Further Metro's Goals to Reduce Emissions, Clean the Air & Improve Urban Areas would be further enhanced by a sustainable acquisition program.
Background
BACKGROUND

Metro has already implemented a robust Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Small Business Enterprise (DBE/SBE) program that incorporates many 'social' considerations into Metro's acquisition processes. Through this Board action, Metro will enhance the agency's 'green' acquisition practices to ensure that environmental principles consistently inform acquisition decisions. The Sustainable Acquisition Program (Program) provides for a more structured and comprehensive approach to considering the environmental, social, and ethical impacts of the agency's acquisition activities. The Program will operationalize commitme...