What if the world’s biggest customer went green? The U.S. government wants to find out (published March 23, 2021)
Saturday, 5 December 2015: UNEP Side-event on Reducing GHG emissions through Sustainable Public Procurement
(flyer; press release; report; Seoul Declaration)
Building a new climate regime in a global economy:
Marc Steiner on the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and Green Public Procurement
6th December 2019, Madrid:
Climate Law and Governance Day 2019 / COP 25
WTO ECampus (2018): Marc Steiner on the Revised GPA and Sustainable Public Procurement
Pascal Lamy notes rising interest in WTO government procurement agreement (including the importance of environmental issues)
Presentation Marc Steiner on Sustainable Public Procurement (PDF;
cf. publications Marc Steiner "The WTO Government Procurement Agreement: Assessing the scope for green procurement" and Nicholas Niggli on the revised Government Procurement Agreement)
Presentation Marc Steiner on SPP, best value for money and international trade obligations: the GPA as a model agreement
and Report by the Secretariat
27th November 2019: Role of trade in promoting circular economy highlighted at WTO Environment Week
Roberto Azevedo: 2015 a pivotal year for trade and the environment
January 15th, 2014/European Parliament: New EU-procurement rules to ensure better quality and value for money
(PDF)
- a step forward for green and social public procurement
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Homepage on Green
Public Procurement |
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European Community:
Green ProcA |
What is Green Public Procurement (GPP)? (PDF-file;
cf. EU GPP News Alert)
(European Commission: Handbook as PDF)
Sustainable Procurement - (Swiss)
Recommendations for
the federal procurement
offices, November 2010
The Federal Constitution of 18 April 1999 makes sustainable
development a long-term objective of the national policy:
more...
The Swiss Confederation strives to promote sustainable
development and to secure the long-term preservation of
natural resources and a just and peaceful international order.
(...) The federal government
should set an example in its own consumer behaviour by
respecting social, economic, health and environmental factors
in meeting its needs for goods, services and construction
works. Therefore it needs to procure goods, services and
construction works meeting a high standard of social,
economic and environmental demands throughout their
entire lifetime.
Download Recommendations
(PDF 2.8 MB)
(PDF 4.4 MB)
UNEP, Launch of International Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative - Press Conference, Rio+20 (2012)
UNEP - Sustainable Public Procurement: Briefing Note (2012)
Buying for a Better World: A Guide on Sustainable Procurement for the UN System
UNEP 2012: The Impacts of Sustainable Public Procurement
Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative SPPI
(UNEP on Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative)
(Presentation Farid Yaker, UNEP, September 2013)
Sustainable Public Procurement: A Global Review, Final Report (UNEP), December 2013
10YFP Sustainable Public Procurement
(The 10YFP Programme on Sustainable Public Procurement, brochure [PDF, June 2015])
(The 10YFP Programme on Sustainable Public Procurement, vision document [PDF, June 2015])
(Presentation Farid Yaker, UNEP, September 2014)
Sustainable Public Procurement Implementation Guidelines, UNEP 2012:
Marc Steiner from the Swiss Federal Administrative Court revised the legal part of the guidelines ("Legal Review").
UNEP/10YFP: Monitoring Sustainable Public Procurement Implementation 2016
(PDF)
10YFP Sustainable Public Procurement programme
(PDF)
Green Public Procurement Programme of the Basque Country 2020
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable comsumption and production patterns
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program
