United Nations Sustainable Procurement Guidelines
Date: 2009-08-17
Global
In collaboration with other UN agencies, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently published the first 4 of 10 sustainable procurement guidelines. The published guidelines are for:
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ICT
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Cleaning
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Furniture
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Stationery
In order to respond to the different levels of market readiness to provide sustainable goods and services, the guidelines are divided into 2 regions:
Region 1 guidelines are more suited to countries where more sustainable products are easier to find whereas;
Region 2 guidelines are designed for locations where sustainable products are less available.
To access the guidelines please click here.