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FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

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Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

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Home / Development of Criteria for Green Procurement: Summary Report

Development of Criteria for Green Procurement: Summary Report

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RELEASED
1996

 

    

This report highlights the challenges and the potential opportunities of advancing sustainable development through the public sector's green purchasing activities. As a major purchaser of goods and services in Canada, the federal government plays a leading role in defining and implementing environmentally sound procurement practices, or "green procurement". Current and future green purchasing practices therefore have significant economic and environmental implications.