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Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities

Summary of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Committee on Fostering Sustainability Considerations into Public and Private Sector Procurement Tools and Capabilities

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Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities

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Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders have imposed requirements for federal agencies to move toward the sustainable acquisition of goods and services, including the incorporation of sustainable purchasing into federal agency decision making. Since the federal government is such a significant player in the market, its move to incorporate sustainable procurement practices could have a profound impact on the types of products being developed for the market as a whole. The General Services Administration (GSA) has played a key role in furthering sustainable procurement practices throughout the federal government. GSA is responsible for formulating and maintaining government-wide policies covering a variety of administrative actions, including those related to procurement and management. GSA has several ongoing activities related to sustainable procurement to assess the feasibility of working with the federal supplier community - vendors and contractors that serve federal agencies to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chain while encouraging sustainable operations among suppliers. GSA has also been actively developing programs to assist federal agencies in making sustainable procurement decisions. As federal agencies cannot directly fund the development of sustainable procurement tools, they are particularly interested in understanding how to foster innovation and provide incentives for collaboration between developers and users of tools for sustainable purchasing throughout the supply chain. The training of procurement professionals is also a priority for these agencies. To assist efforts to build sustainability considerations into the procurement process, the National Research Council appointed a committee to organize a two-day workshop that explored ways to better incorporate sustainability considerations into procurement tools and capabilities across the public and private sectors. The workshop was designed to help participants assess the current landscape of green purchasing tools, identify emerging needs for enhanced or new tools and opportunities to develop them, identify potential barriers to progress, and explore potential solutions. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to discuss challenges related to sustainable purchasing and to developing new procurement tools. Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities reviews the presenters' recommendations and tools currently used in sustainable procurement, such as databases for ecolabels and standards, codes, or regulations and other nontechnological tools such as policies, frameworks, rating systems, and product indexes.

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Sustainable Public Procurement

Sixth Report of Session 2004-05, Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee

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Sustainable Public Procurement

Sixth Report of Session 2004-05, Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee

The combined annual procurement budget of central and local government in the UK in about £125 billion a year, and purchasing decisions made have significant implications for sustainable development objectives. However, there are constraints on how procurement money is spent, in terms of securing value for taxpayers money and in the EU context to maintain free competition across member states. Whilst these two considerations have dominated public procurement until recently, the objective of ensuring sustainable development through procurement is now becoming a recognised consideration. The Committee's inquiry has focused on how sustainable public procurement is being implemented across government and whether there is a clear strategy to drive forward these objectives. Due to lack of parliamentary time to examine these issues in detail, the Committee has published the oral and written evidence taken during the course of its inquiry, and highlights some broad issues which its successor Committee will be likely to return to discuss in the future.

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