Sustainable Procurement

UNEP is actively promoting sustainable public procurement by:

  1. Facilitating global consensus on the integration of sustainable development considerations in procurement at all levels (UN; national governments and local authorities)

  2. Fostering information exchange to have a wide number of organisations to benefit from the experience of the forerunners;

  3. 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).