Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

South Korea has been a pioneer of green public procurement (GPP) since 2005 , when the Environment Ministry enacted legislation mandating government agencies to buy “green products” whenever possible. Since 2014, the proportion has remained stable, as the latest KIP analysis shows.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Dagne Sabockis, ‘ The Principle of Competition in the Context of Green Public Procurement – the Case of Green Award Criteria ’ (2023) 18(4) EPPPL 237-243 (£/€). Pre-print available through SSRN: [link].

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Approach : Lithuania launched an ambitious public procurement reform in 2021 to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and ensure every public procurement decision considers its environmental impact. The reformers share their top tips on implementing green procurement here.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Why we prioritized furniture procurement We wanted to test our approach on one product category that governments buy regularly and that, in the EU, have clearly defined green requirements designed to reduce the environmental impact of a purchase. In the Dominican Republic, only 290 purchases could be analyzed.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This should be seen as a first step towards ramping up the ‘rebalancing’ of access to EU procurement markets, though it is a soft (law) step and one that would still hinge on coordinated decision-making by a very large number of public buyers making tender-by-tender decisions.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JANUARY 31, 2025

CivicDataLab analyzed Assams public procurement data to estimate the share of green public procurement (GPP). GPP refers to procurement that incorporates climate and environmental goals. CivicDataLab developed a methodology to identify and measure green public procurement using tender titles.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

Public Trust in LAC Governments Remains Low While trust it is not in itself a necessary outcome of democratic governance, a certain level of trust is required for governments to successfully carry out public sector reforms. Public procurement can be used to promote social objectives, sustainability, and environmental responsibility.

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