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Commission for Environmental Cooperation
North American Green Procurement Initiative (NAGPI)
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CEC's ongoing projects: Trade in Environmentally Preferable Goods
and Services; Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade; Financing in
Support of Environmental Protection and Conservation, Secretariat for NAGPI.
NAGPI’s steering committee is made up of major groups and agencies working with
green purchasing in North America. The group plays a coordinating role in
strengthening the green procurement movement in North America.
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Consumer Choice Council
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Association of 66 environmental,
consumer and human rights groups that supports ecolabelling and seeks to ensure
that consumers have the information they need to purchase greener, more
socially just products.
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Environment and Development Foundation
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They provide environmental certification of green products and of
EMS's, offers consulting services and is instrumental in the drafting of
Republic of China (ROC) government’s green procurement clause in the
"Government Procurement Law".
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Certification
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Legislation
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EnviroWindows
Environmental Information for Businesses and Local Authorities
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Sustainable production and
consumption issues and international best practices related to public
purchasing and sustainable market strategies.
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European Commission
Guidelines on greening public procurement by using the European Eco-label criteria
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Clarification as to how community law offers numerous possibilities
to public purchasers who wish to integrate environmental considerations into
public procurement procedures at every stage of the procurement process.
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European Partners for the Environment
European Green Purchasing Network’s Green Purchasing Workbook
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An extensive multi-stakeholder
policy approach that covers action programs and legislation under public and
private procurement.
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Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN)
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The GEN is a non-profit association of third-party, environmental
performance labelling organizations, founded in 1994 to improve, promote, and
develop the "ecolabelling" of products and services world-wide.
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Green Purchasing Network (GPN)
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2,610 member organizations - GPN
holds seminars and exhibitions, draws up purchasing guidelines and publishes
Data, surveys the status quo, and awards organizations that have shown
remarkable performance in implementing green purchasing.
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Guidelines - Product Specific
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Resource Centre
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Awarding
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International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
Eco-procurement programme
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International program that delivers information, a network,
magazine, events, services, projects, news, contacts.
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Leeds University
The Green Purchasing Guide
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It highlights the University’s
consumption of materials and offers tips for reduction as well as providing
information on alternative products that have less environmental impact.
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Policy - Example and Guide
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Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Website
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Source of information on
coordinating and promoting green public purchasing in industrial countries.
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Information
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Resource Centre
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Taneco limited
Website
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UK's leading specialists in
environmental procurement strategy & training, developing sustainable
procurement programs.
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Production and Consumption Branch’s Sustainable Consumption
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Information on the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, which builds
on the ISO 14040 standards and intends to establish approaches and best
practices. Also contains sections on UNEP’s activities on eco-design and
sustainable procurement, including a product and criteria database.
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