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52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation.

Prescription and Applicability

FAR Prescription, 23.502

The provision at 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals--Representation, is required only when 52.204-7, System for Award Management, is included in the solicitation (see 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications).

Current Text

52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation.

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 (b)(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 Web site 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 Web site a target to reduce absolute emissions or emissions intensity by a specific quantity or percentage.

(3) A publicly accessible Web site includes the Offeror's own Web site 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 Web site(s) where greenhouse gas emissions and/or reduction goals are reported: _____.

(End of provision)

[81 FR 83097, Nov. 18, 2016, as amended at 89 FR 30249, Apr. 22, 2024]

Active Class Deviations Affecting This Clause

Class Deviation 2025-O0004, Class Deviation 2025-O0004 – Revocation of Executive Order on Sustainability

  • Status: Active
  • Date Issued: 2025-03-07
  • Change type: MODIFIED
  • Action: Substitute clause 52.223-22

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