The new pilot – which is voluntary – will also ask about 120 of GSA's largest vendors and contractors to reduce their overall greenhouse gas emissions, according to an Jed Ela, the sustainability advisor at the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings at GSA.

GSA is using CDP to help track and report the emissions. CDP is a global nonprofit offering companies the ability to publicly disclose their emissions and management practices in a standardized, comparable format

The new program will help the agency operate more sustainability and will give suppliers and contractors the opportunity to create more comprehensive plans for cutting costs and carbon emissions, according to the agency.

See also: Obama calls for deep cuts in agency carbon emissions

"The CDP Supply Chain pilot program will also prepare our partners in the private sector to do business with GSA in the future, as we continue incorporating carbon disclosure goals into specific contracts (such as our recent Domestic Delivery Services package delivery contract and OASIS professional services contracts), Ela wrote in a blog March 19.

The new pilot follows an executive order by President to require agencies cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent over the next decade.

The reduction would save agencies $18 billion in avoided energy costs, according to the White House. The order will also require agencies to increase the amount of renewable energy they use to 30 percent of overall energy use.

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