Greener public purchasing
Subtitle: issues and practical solutions.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Working Party on Pollution Prevention and Control.
Series: Environment (Paris, France)
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Government purchasing -- Environmental aspects -- OECD countries.; Green marketing -- OECD countries.
Description: Government consumption of products and services in OECD Member countries is estimated to be responsible for 9 to 25% of GDP. Given the importance of public purchasing, national and local authorities have been paying increasing attention to the opportunities to improve the environment by selecting environmentally sounder products. This publication describes the successes, the efforts and the difficulties encountered within Member countries by focusing on the role and concerns of the officials that operate purchasing. Also, it shows how greener public purchasing can support a number of other crucial policy objectives such as the reduction of government operating costs, the improvement of governance, and the reduction of greenhouse gases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-100).
"This document presents the work conducted by the OECD's Working Party on Pollution Prevention and Control on Greener Public Purchasing" -- p. 3.