Executive Order 14057: Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability
President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Set government-wide goals for carbon-free electricity, zero-emission vehicle purchases, lower building emissions, sustainable acquisition and net-zero federal operations.
Status: Revoked.
Is Executive Order 14057 still in effect? No. Executive Order 14148 revoked Executive Order 14057 on January 20, 2025. Its government-wide sustainability targets no longer apply as presidential instructions; statutory energy and procurement requirements remain separate.
What does Executive Order 14057 do?
Biden used federal purchasing and property management to set a government-wide sustainability program. The targets included carbon-pollution-free electricity on a net annual basis by 2030, with half matched hour by hour; all zero-emission vehicle acquisitions by 2035, including light-duty vehicles by 2027; and net-zero building portfolios by 2045. It also sought a 65 percent reduction in operational scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 against a 2008 baseline. Signed text.
These targets governed agency operations and procurement, not every private building or personal vehicle. Agencies were to establish their own performance targets, increase energy and water efficiency, reduce waste and consider construction materials’ embodied emissions through Buy Clean policy. Climate resilience and environmental-justice considerations were integrated into facility and fleet decisions. An annual net-zero electricity target and hourly matching were expressly different measures, so annual renewable purchases alone did not satisfy the separate 24/7 objective. Signed text.
The order restored the Office of the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer within CEQ and assigned agency sustainability officers, plans and interagency working groups. It revoked Trump’s EO 13834. Contractors could be affected through government purchasing preferences and subsequent procurement requirements, while agencies retained legal limits, national-security exemptions and mission-specific responsibilities. The order was an operating framework with future milestones, not a claim that the federal estate had already reached net zero. Signed text.
Before and after
Before the order
EO 13834 had emphasized efficient federal operations without this set of carbon-free electricity, zero-emission fleet and net-zero building targets. EO 14057 replaced it with quantified government-wide goals and new coordination machinery. Existing statutory energy, acquisition and building obligations continued alongside the executive targets; agency action had to distinguish what was legally required by Congress from what this administration required as management policy. Signed text.
After the order
CEQ published detailed implementing instructions in August 2022. These translated the order into planning, accounting and acquisition guidance rather than changing the text of a congressional energy statute. The administration also developed building-performance guidance. EO 14148 revoked the order on January 20, 2025, removing the presidential framework before its principal 2030–2045 milestones; procurement contracts and regulations require their own legal analysis after that reversal. Official follow-up record 1. Official follow-up record 2.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Agency heads | Set emissions, energy and water targets; implement sustainable procurement, resilience and waste measures; designate sustainability officers and submit required plans and performance information. | Officer within 30 days; annual sustainability and fleet plans; goal dates include 2027, 2030, 2032, 2035 and 2045. |
| CEQ Chair | Review agency targets with OMB, supervise working groups, issue implementing guidance and building-performance standards and coordinate the program. | Implementing guidance within 120 days; working-group reports semiannually. |
| OMB Director | Review targets, issue immediate-action direction, coordinate implementation, budgeting and performance requirements. | No separate deadline for the initial memorandum in the order. |
| Federal Chief Sustainability Officer | Lead policy, programs and partnerships and obtain agency information and support. | Ongoing during the program. |
| EPA Administrator | Fund and administratively support the sustainability office; help OPM develop employee sustainability training. | OPM training report within 90 days; office support ongoing. |
| OPM Director | Report on workforce training and performance-plan opportunities; facilitate a Presidential Sustainability Executives Program. | Training report within 90 days; program thereafter. |
| GSA Administrator | Track supplier disclosures, support workforce training, aggregate carbon-free electricity demand and coordinate wider zero-emission vehicle adoption. | No separate fixed supplier-report deadline. |
| Defense Secretary | Use federal electricity demand to aggregate and accelerate carbon-free generation with Energy and GSA. | During implementation, toward the 2030 electricity goal. |
| Energy Secretary | Aggregate clean generation, support OPM training, supply agency technical tools and collect, analyze and report performance data. | OPM report within 90 days; data and technical work ongoing. |
| Transportation Secretary | Coordinate wider zero-emission vehicle adoption with GSA, states, tribes and local governments. | Toward the acquisition milestones; no separate fixed deadline. |
| Buy Clean Task Force / federal leaders working groups | Recommend lower-embodied-emissions procurement measures and report progress on electricity, vehicles, buildings, procurement and adaptation. | Working-group reports semiannually. |
| State (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Treasury (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Justice (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Interior (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Agriculture (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Commerce (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Labor (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Health and Human Services (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Housing and Urban Development (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Education (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Veterans Affairs (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Homeland Security (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Small Business Administration (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| Social Security Administration (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| NASA (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| National Archives and Records Administration (principal agency) | Develop annual Sustainability Plans and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, implement agency operational targets and provide performance information. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide target years. |
| United States Army Corps of Engineers | As part of Defense, participate in principal-agency sustainability and climate-adaptation planning, operational targets and performance reporting. | Annual planning and reporting; applicable government-wide milestone years. |
What happened next
Biden signed EO 14057 and revoked EO 13834. Official source
The administration released implementing instructions for the federal sustainability program. Official source
EO 14148 revoked EO 14057. Official source
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The instructions operated within existing procurement, energy, building and appropriation law. Section 601 generally applied them to activities in the United States, allowing overseas application at agency-head discretion. Section 602 allowed national-security and specified operational exemptions, with notice to CEQ within 30 days for the relevant national-security exemption. Independent regulatory agencies were excluded from the mandatory agency definition and encouraged to participate. The order did not authorize agencies to spend unappropriated funds or override a statute. Signed text.
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