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

Solicitation provision · dated Dec 2016 · prescribed in FAR 23.502 · current through FAC 2026-01

In plain English

FAR 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals-Representation, is a solicitation provision prescribed at FAR 23.502, most recently dated Dec 2016. The complete official text is reproduced below, verbatim, from GSA's published FAR source files.

Its text contains no sentence requiring insertion into subcontracts; see the flowdown section below for what that does and does not mean.

Does it flow down to subcontracts?

No flowdown mandate found in the clause text

This is a solicitation provision — it applies to offerors when submitting an offer, not to contract performance, so subcontract flowdown is generally not the operative question for it.

Where it's prescribed

As prescribed in 23.502 , insert the following provision:

Prescribing reference: FAR 23.502.

The official text, verbatim

FAR 52.223-22 · Dec 2016 current through FAC 2026-01 acquisition.gov eCFR (48 CFR)

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:________________.

(End of provision)

The text above is reproduced from GSA's published FAR source files (GSA/GSA-Acquisition-FAR @ da52ccb (2026-03-30)), retrieved 2026-07-17. The official publication at acquisition.gov / eCFR controls if they differ.