Green public procurement

Description

GPP is "a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle when compared to goods, services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be procured." It is a voluntary instrument, thus Member States and public authorities can determine the extent to which they implement it.

Source link
http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/sustainable_development/mi0002_en.htm

Full reference
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 16 July 2008 on Public procurement for a better environment

More information about properties

Policy
Year	2011
Policy area	Green public procurement
Affected activity
Affected actors	Processor, Wholesaler, Retailer, Consumer, Producer/Beekeeper "Producer/Beekeeper" is not in the list of possible values (Consumer, Landowner/land manager, Picker/harvester/hunter, Processor, Producer/beekeeper, Retailer, SME, Wholesaler) for this property.
Products	All NWFP
Subject	NWFP
Promoter/initiator
Zone
Countries	EU countries
Regions (NUTS 2)
Focus on NWFP
Document category	Strategy
Instrument type
Legal status	Non-binding
Geographical scope	International