Greener Purchasing (eBook, ePUB)

Opportunities and Innovations
Redaktion: Russel, Trevor

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A study of greener purchasing opportunities and innovations. Divided into four sections, covering "The Public Sector", "The Private Sector", "Innovations" and "Case Studies", it brings together expertise from four continents, including contributions from US EPA, Xerox and The Body Shop.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351283380
• Artikelnr.: 49272986

Autorenporträt

Russel, Trevor

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Björn Stigson
World Business Council for Sustainable DevelopmentIntroduction Trevor RusselSection 1: Public purchasing1. Implementation of public green procurement programmes Tapio Pento
University of Jyvaskala
Finland2. Towards greener government procurement: An Environment Canada case study Environment Canada
Corporate Services
Administration Directorate3. Environmentally preferable purchasing: The US experience William Sanders
US Environmental Protection Agency4. The greening of public procurement in the Netherlands Nicolien van der Grijp
Vrije University
Netherlands5. Issues for environmental purchasing in australian local government Wayne Wescott
Environs Australia6. Nordic countries' green public procurement of paper Tito Gronow
Conference of European Paper Industries
Belgium Tapio Pento
University of Jyvaeskylae
Finland Alain Rajotte
University of Paris
France7. Greener purchasing and trade rules: Can they be reconciled? Stig Yding Sorensen
Centre for Alternative Social Analysis
Denmark Trevor RusselSection 2: Private purchasing8. Encouraging green procurement practices in business: A Canadian case study in programme development Michael J. Birett
Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Canada9. Do-It-Yourself or Do-It-Together? The implementation of sustainable timber purchasing policies by DIY retailers in the UK David F. Murphy
New Academy of Business
UK Jem Bendell
University of Bristol
UK10. Small and medium-sized enterprises: The implications of greener purchasing Robert Baylis
Lianne Connell and Andrew Flynn
Cardiff University
UK11. An exploratory examination of environmentally responsible straight rebuy purchases in large Australian organisations Michael Jay Polonsky
Philip Henry and Craig Schweizer
University of Newcastle
Australia Harry Brooks
University of Western Sydney
Australia12. Integrating environmental criteria into purchasing decisions: Value added? Jim Hutchison
University of Hertfordshire
UK13. Global environmental management: An opportunity for partnerships Julie M. Haines
US-Asia Environmental Partnership
USASection 3: Innovations14. The Green Purchasing Network
Japan Hiroyuki Sato
Japanese Green Purchasing Network15. The European Green Purchasing Network: Addressing purchasers across sectors and boundaries Raymond van Ermen
European Partners for the Environment Arndt Mielisch
ICLEI
Germany16. Putting the green into greener purchasing: Protecting nature consciously Philip Sutton and Kathy Preece
Green Innovations Inc.
Australia17. The role of independent eco-labelling in environmental purchasing Michael Jones
UK Eco-labelling Board18. Ethical purchasing: Developing the supply chain beyond the environment Rita Godfrey
The Body Shop
UKSection 4: Case studies19. The practicalities of greener purchasing: A guide with examples from Washington state Sandra Cannon
Battelle
USA20. Enabling environmentally conscious decision-making in supply chains: The Xerox example Kirstie McIntyre
Xerox
UK21. Purchasing operations at Digital's Computer Asset Recovery Facility Joseph Sarkis
Clark University
USA Mark Liffers and Susan Malette
Digital Equipment Corp.
USA22. Integrating environmental considerations into purchasing programmes at Procter & Gamble Robert J. Shimp
Procter & Gamble
USA Henri de Henau
Procter & Gamble
Belgium23. Environmental purchasing: Some thoughts and an IBM case study Brian Whitaker24. How effective is B&Q's timber purchasing policy in encouraging sustainable forest management? Liz Humphrey
University of Sussex
UK