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Green procurement models are often premised on obtaining commodities that have been independently verified against a sustainability certification such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). In addition, there are numerous networks and roundtables such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, and ...
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Green procurement models are often premised on obtaining commodities that have been independently verified against a sustainability certification such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). In addition, there are numerous networks and roundtables such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, and ...
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Government procurement: green/sustainable government procurement
2021The Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law is a landmark reference work, providing definitive and comprehensive coverage of this dynamic field. The Encyclopedia is organised into 12 volumes around top-level subjects – such as water, energy and climate change – that reflect some of the most pressing issues facing us today.
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A critical review of “green” procurement
Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 2011PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to help readers understand the nature of the food supply chain and the way that environmental “costs” are accumulated along its length, with a view to developing more sustainable supply chains from political, social, economic technological and environmental perspectives.Design/methodology/approachIn order to do this,
Sean Beer, Christian Lemmer
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Green Public Procurement in Bhutan
2019Bhutan is a developing country in Asia with a strong commitment to environment and sustainability. While most of the developing world is still trying to explore the opportunities to formulate the Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) policies and legislation, Bhutan has successfully implemented the Green Public Procurement in Bhutan (GPP Bhutan ...
Rajesh Kumar Shakya, Pem Lama
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Green Public Procurement: From Recommendation to Obligation
International Journal of Public Administration, 2011Green public procurement (GPP) constitutes one of the most effective methods to ensure practical implementation of the precautionary principle envisaged in Article 174 of the EC Treaty. If this purchasing policy were implemented by requiring public entities within the EU to supply green electricity, we would reduce the production of the equivalent of ...
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Green Public Procurement (GPP)
2020This chapter introduces the concept of GPP, providing a working definition of this term. It discusses its relevance taking into consideration various perspectives, before focusing on the environmental perspective, showing how GPP can add to a country’s overall environmental protection strategy by being an effective market-based “environmental policy ...
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Mastering Electronic Procurement, Green Public Procurement, and Public Procurement for Innovation
2017This chapter explains the overview of Electronic Procurement (e-procurement); the critical success factors and implementation of e-procurement systems; the barriers to e-procurement implementation; the perspectives on electronic public procurement; the Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM), Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), and e-procurement; the ...
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