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Sustainable procurement or green procurement is a process whereby organizations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a life-cycle basis while addressing equity principles for sustainable development, therefore benefiting societies and the environment across time and geographies. [1]
Circular procurement is an approach to government procurement that enables private and public authorities to support a transition to a circular economy.This is done by purchasing works, goods, or services designed to create closed energy and material loops within supply chains while minimizing, or avoiding, the generation of waste and other negative factors on the environment.
Green public procurement (GPP) occurs when governments obtain goods, works, and services that are sustainable and environmentally friendly. [62] Rules encourage the public sector to purchase green products and supplies, such as energy efficient computers, recycled paper, green cleaning services, electric vehicles, and renewable energy.
Sustainable procurement or green procurement is a process whereby organizations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a life-cycle basis while addressing equity principles for sustainable development, therefore benefiting societies and the environment across time and geographies. [39]
The first public procurement law in Croatia based on the EU Procurement Directives was enacted in 2001, but a revised legal structure for public procurement was put in place with the Public Procurement Act of 2012, [105] and this was superseded by the Public Procurement Act of 2016, effective 1 January 2017. [106]
result was a public safety crisis with tragic human consequences. This is a problem that could be prevented in the future. One solution is this: As Congress and the states take up energy issues in the aftermath of the massive power failures fol-lowing Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, they should consider one crucial option for energy security
The full title of Target 12.7 is: "Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities." [1] It has one indicator: Indicator 12.7.1 is the "Degree of sustainable public procurement policies and action plan implementation". [1] Three objectives, SPP, GPP and SRPP, all figure in the ...
ISO 20400:2017 Sustainable procurement — Guidance is a standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that provides guidance to organizations, independent of their activity or size, on integrating sustainability within procurement. [1]