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Sustainable Procurement
UNEP is actively promoting
sustainable public procurement by:
- Facilitating global consensus on the integration
of sustainable development considerations in procurement at
all levels (UN; national governments and local authorities)
- Fostering information exchange to have a
wide number of organisations to benefit from the experience
of the forerunners;
- Providing practical tools for capacity building
to translate sustainable procurement policies in a reality
According to UNEP, Sustainable
procurement is the process in which organisations buy supplies
or services by taking into account:
- the best value for money (price, quality,
availability, functionality);
- environmental aspects ("green procurement")
over the entire life cycle of products;
- social aspects (issues such as poverty eradication,
labour conditions, human rights).
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