Green public procurement in practice — The case of Norway

Annik Magerholm Fet (), Ottar Michelsen () and Luitzen Boer ()
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Annik Magerholm Fet: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management Trondheim Norway
Ottar Michelsen: Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Industrial Ecology Programme Trondheim Norway
Luitzen Boer: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management Trondheim Norway

Society and Economy, 2011, vol. 33, issue 1, 183-198

Abstract: Green procurement is seen both as a public strategy to promote sustainable products and as a business strategy to improve environmental performance of the supply chain and thus meet demands for more environmentally friendly products, including from public institutions. Green Public Procurement (GPP) is a part of the national strategy for sustainable development in Norway, and it has become a national policy through legislation and various initiatives from the government. In addition to the implemented Acts, several other public initiatives are introduced, among other guidelines and action plans about how to integrate environmental and social responsibility in public procurement. The government has also presented a number of white papers relevant for green public purchasing. The documents stress the focus on environmental and ethical issues in public procurements. This paper gives an overview and the results from different surveys of how it is practiced on different levels. It further gives a short overview of how to meet the requirements by the use of environmental management systems and environmental product declarations. The paper ends with a suggestion for further research on how to approach GPP in a holistic and systematic way, addressing the often used statement that green procurement will be more costly.

Keywords: Green Public Procurement; Norwegian initiatives; GPP-measures; environmental management; environmental products declarations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H57 J18 L50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
Note: The research has been supported by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism (project HU-0056).
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