Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13693: Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade

President: Barack Obama

Set government-wide targets for emissions, renewable energy, buildings, water, waste and federal vehicle fleets through 2025.

Status: Revoked — by EO 13834.

Is Executive Order 13693 still in effect? No. EO 13834 revoked it.

What does Executive Order 13693 do?

EO 13693 set targets for federal operations through fiscal 2025, covering greenhouse-gas emissions, clean energy, buildings, water, waste and vehicle fleets. Agencies used it for sustainability plans until EO 13834 expressly revoked it in May 2018. Later federal sustainability directives used separate authority; EO 14148 revoked the 2021 directive EO 14057 in January 2025. Those later changes did not restore EO 13693.

Administration position: The order directed federal operations; it did not impose its numerical targets directly on private households or state governments.
SignedMarch 19, 2015
Target horizonFiscal year 2025
RevokedMay 17, 2018 by EO 13834

Before and after

Before the order

Federal sustainability requirements were spread across EOs 13423, 13514 and separate memoranda.

After the order

One integrated framework applied until 2018, when a new order replaced it.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Federal agenciesSet targets and publish sustainability plansEnded under this order
CEQ and OMBIssue guidance and track scorecardsEnded under this order
GSA and Energy DepartmentSupport efficient procurement and facilitiesContinue under current authorities

What happened next

EO 13693 established federal sustainability targets.

EO 13834 revoked EO 13693.

EO 14057 set a separate later framework.

EO 14148 revoked EO 14057.