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National policies, programmes and
guidelines:
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Austria |
Please see
under Database below
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Belgium |
Guide
for Sustainable Procurement (Dutch,
French)
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Canada |
Greener Procurement
(English,
French)
Green
Power Initiative ( English,
French)
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Denmark |
Environmental Guidelines for
Public Purchasers
Danish (under produkter & industri)
English
(under products and industry)
General
Information on Green Procurement in
Denmark
(English)
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Germany |
Ecoprocurement
Info (English,
German)
Product database available
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Italy
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SINAnet
(Italian)
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Japan
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Law on
Promoting Green Purchasing (Japanese,
English)
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The
Netherlands
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Virage bv
(Dutch)
Netherlands
Agency for Energy and the Environment (Dutch)
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Sweden
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EKU
Guideline
(Swedish, English)
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Switzerland |
Ecological
Public Purchasing (German,
French,
English)
Monitoring
Tool for Pay Equity Compliance
(German,
French,
English, Italian)
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The United
Kingdom |
Product
Guide
General Procurement
Guidance
UK
Government approach
Procurement in the Environment Agency
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United
States of America |
Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Program
Product database available
Comprehensive
Procurement Guidelines Program
Department of Energy Federal Energy Management
Program
The Energy
Star Program
Product database available
Office
of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE)
The USDA
Biobased Products Program
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Regional
Organizations:
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European
Union |
The
European Commission (available in
11 languages)
European
Procurement Legal Framework (available in
11 languages)
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North
American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation |
North
American Green Purchasing Initiative
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Local
level initiatives and programmes:
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Manitoba,
Canada |
English,
French
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Ontario,
Canada |
English
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City of
Pori, Finland |
Finnish,
English
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The International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
(ICLEI) |
Eco-Procurement
(English)
BIG-NET (English,
French,
German,
Spanish,
Italian)
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Canton
of Basel, Switzerland |
German
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Scotland,
The United Kingdom |
Procurement
Scotland
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Local
and State Government, USA |
Local
Government Purchasing Project
State
Government Purchasing Project
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New York
City, USA |
Environmental Procurement
Program
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Yellowstone
National Park and Grand Teton National Park,
USA |
Environmentally Preferable Cleaning
Project
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International
organizations:
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UNEP |
Sustainable Procurement activities (English)
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UNDP/IAPSO
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Inter-Agency Procurement Service Offices (English)
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Inter-Agency
Group on Environmentally and Socially
Responsible Procurement
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Environmentally
and Socially Responsible Procurement (English)
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OECD |
Green
Public Purchasing
Greening
of Government
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Non-governmental
organizations:
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GRIP
(Norway) |
GRIP ( Norwegian, English)
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Green Purchasing
Network (Japan) |
Green
Purchasing Network
Japanese
(main page)
English (click English on main
page)
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United
States of America |
Center
for a New American Dream |
Eco-label schemes:
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Australia |
The
Australian Ecolabel
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Canada |
EnerGuide
(English,
French)
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Canada |
Environmental
Choice Program
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European
Union |
EU
Eco-Label Scheme
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France |
NF
Environment (AFNOR)
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Germany |
Blue
Angel
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Hong
Kong |
Green
Label Scheme
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India |
Ecomark
Scheme
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Japan |
Eco
Mark
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Japan |
Global
Ecolabelling Network
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Republic
of Korea |
Environmental
Labelling Program
and click
"Certified Products" tab
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New
Zealand |
Environmental
Choice New Zealand:
and click "Published
Criteria"
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The
Netherlands |
Milieukeur
and click
"certification outlines" tab
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Scandinavian
countries |
Nordic
Swan
Including Ecolabelling Denmark,
SIS - Ecolabelling AB (Sweden) and
Ecolabelling Norway
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Scientific
Certification System |
Scientific
Certification System
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Sweden |
TCO
(TCO Development
PDF files of criteria
are included in each program; TCO 95, TCO 99,
TCO '01
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Sweden
(The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) |
Good
Environmental Choice
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Taiwan
(province of China) |
Green
Mark Program
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Thailand |
Green
Label Program
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United
States of America |
Green
Seal
Product database available |
Database:
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Austria |
Ecological Criteria
Catalogue (German, English)
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G.I.P.P.E.R.
(Canada) |
G.I.P.P.E.R.'s Guide
to Environmental Purchasing (English)
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Consumers
Union |
The Consumer Union's
Guide to Eco-labels (English)
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Japan |
Designated
procurement goods under the Law on Promoting
Green Purchasing (Japanese
only)
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Green
Purchasing Network (Japan) |
Green Purchasing
Network
(Japanese,
some products available in
English)
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United
States of America |
Database of
Environmental Information on Products and
Services (English)
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UNEP/IAPSO |
Product Criteria Database
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Standards:
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International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
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SO 14000 families
(English,
French)
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The
Social Accountability International |
SA8000
Official version in English only,
however translations are provided
in Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish and
Portuguese |
