Refrigerants Procurement Climate Collaborative

The Refrigerants Procurement Climate Collaborative is a multi-stakeholder team combining decades of refrigerants and sustainable procurement expertise towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions byway of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-based refrigerant replacement and reduction. 

HFCs are the most deployed refrigerants and fastest growing greenhouse gas (GHG) globally. Introducing alternative refrigerants is a crucial but often overlooked way to reduce their impact, offering significant benefits for organizations that act swiftly. These refrigerants, used in air-conditioning, heat pump (RACHP) technologies and refrigeration equipment can also be thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide when leaked, and all refrigerant-containing equipment leaks over its lifetime.

Working together in a flexible, cooperative structure, the Refrigerants Procurement Climate Collaborative will develop, test, and refine purchasing specifications, pledge programs, guidance documents, and other resources to address these issues for both new purchases and ongoing maintenance of existing equipment. Outputs are expected to empower organizations and the larger purchasing community to implement refrigerant emissions reductions that can be credibly measured and meaningfully communicated in support of an ambitious working group goal to reduce global carbon emissions associated with refrigerants by 99% by 2040.

Impact 

Taking a proactive approach to reducing emissions of HFC refrigerants can yield big benefits, including:

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SPLC has put together a growing suite of resources that can assist your organization in adopting an effective refrigerant emissions reduction policy and setting emissions reduction targets. These include:

Publicly available resources

Procurement Recommendations for Climate Friendly Refrigerants 

This procurement toolkit is designed to help you minimize the climate harm of obsolete refrigerants in your existing equipment and select affordable, energy efficient heating and cooling equipment1 that uses next-generation refrigerants that are more climate friendly. 

Reducing Refrigerant Emissions is a Real Win-Win 

Acting on refrigerants is one of the most overlooked ways to reduce GHG emissions and holds significant benefits for organizations that act now.

Guidance for SPLC members*

SPLC Webinar - Climate Friendly Refrigerants: The Role of Procurement

This webinar will teach you why it's crucial to address refrigerants' climate impact, introduce a new toolkit and a purchaser's successful integration of procurement recommendations, and highlight a collective action campaign for reducing these emissions.

SPLC Webinar - Refrigerants: The Overlooked Behemoth of Climate Solutions

This webinar is designed to help you understand the significance of refrigerants and how to use this crucial lever to combat the climate crisis, promote sustainable cooling and heating technologies, and reduce your carbon footprint.

*If you are an employee of a member company but do not have a web account, please click here to create one.

Team

*Co-lead

Sponsors

If you are interested in participating in the Refrigerants Procurement Climate Collaborative and/or sponsoring its mission, please email info@sustainablepurchasing.org.