The environmental performance of public procurement
Subtitle: issues of policy coherence.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Government purchasing -- Environmental aspects -- OECD countries -- Congresses.; Green products -- OECD countries -- Congresses.; Environmental policy -- OECD countries -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: In recent years, a significant number of OECD member countries have introduced initiatives to reduce the environmentally damaging effects of public procurement.  Many countries have introduced "greener public purchasing" (GPP) policies in order to increase the recycled content of products or achieve specified levels of energy efficiency in capital equipment.  This book examines these issues in detail.  It is the outcome of a Workshop on "Greener Public Purchasing", held at the Austrian Ministry of the Environment in Vienna in October 2001.
Notes: Also available online.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Nick Johnstone of the OECD Secretariat has been responsible for the preparation of the book"--P. 3.