52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals-Representation
Source: FAR 52.223-22 on acquisition.gov
Offerors with $7.5 million or more in prior-year federal contracts must declare whether they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions and reduction goals, and provide website details if applicable.
Overview
FAR 52.223-22 requires certain offerors to represent whether they publicly disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and any quantitative GHG reduction goals. This provision must be completed by offerors who received $7.5 million or more in federal contract awards in the prior fiscal year, and is optional for those below this threshold. Offerors must indicate if they (or their owners) publicly disclose GHG emissions and/or reduction goals on a publicly accessible website, and provide the website address if applicable. The intent is to increase transparency regarding contractors’ environmental impact and sustainability commitments.
Key Rules
- Applicability Threshold
- Offerors with $7.5 million or more in federal contract awards in the prior fiscal year must complete the representation; it is optional for others.
- Disclosure Representation
- Offerors must indicate whether they publicly disclose GHG emissions and/or quantitative reduction goals, either directly or through their ownership structure.
- Website Requirement
- If disclosures are made, the offeror must provide the URL(s) of the publicly accessible website(s) where this information is available.
Responsibilities
- Contracting Officers: Ensure inclusion of this provision in solicitations as required and verify offeror responses.
- Contractors: Accurately complete the representation, check the appropriate boxes, and provide website information if disclosures are made.
- Agencies: Monitor compliance and use the information for sustainability and procurement decisions.
Practical Implications
- This provision promotes transparency in environmental practices among federal contractors.
- Contractors must be prepared to disclose their GHG reporting practices and reduction goals, or state that they do not disclose.
- Failure to accurately complete the representation could impact eligibility or compliance status.
As prescribed in 23.502 , insert the following provision:
Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals-Representation (Dec 2016)
(a) This representation shall be completed if the Offeror received $7.5 million or more in Federal contract awards in the prior Federal fiscal year. The representation is optional if the Offeror received less than $7.5 million in Federal contract awards in the prior Federal fiscal year.
(b) Representation. [Offeror is to check applicable blocks in paragraphs (1) and (2).]
(1) The Offeror (itself or through its immediate owner or highest-level owner) □ does, □ does not publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions, i.e., make available on a publicly accessible website the results of a greenhouse gas inventory, performed in accordance with an accounting standard with publicly available and consistently applied criteria, such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard.
(2) The Offeror (itself or through its immediate owner or highest-level owner) □ does, □ does not publicly disclose a quantitative greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal, i.e., make available on a publicly available website a target to reduce absolute emissions or emissions intensity by a specific quantity or percentage.
(3) A publicly accessible website includes the Offeror’s own website or a recognized, third-party greenhouse gas emissions reporting program.
(c) If the Offeror checked "does" in paragraphs (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this provision, respectively, the Offeror shall provide the publicly accessible website(s) where greenhouse gas emissions and/or reduction goals are reported:________________.
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