7 ways Australian municipalities can increase the success of their sustainable purchasing policies

Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative

7 ways Australian municipalities can increase the success of their sustainable purchasing policies

By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Why is government purchasing so important? In Australia, it accounts for roughly 36.2% of the country's gross domestic product. Examples of

Green purchasing policy adoption in Australian municipalities

By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Government purchasing in Australia accounts for 36.2% of the country's total gross domestic product. Examples of these purchases include vehicle fleets,

Sustainable purchasing implementation success in Australia

By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Australia's government purchasing accounts for 36.2% of the country's gross domestic product. Examples of purchases include construction material, chemicals, vehicle fleets,

Four recommendations to advance green purchasing in Mexican municipalities

By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Government purchasing in Mexico accounts for 27.9% of its gross domestic product. Examples of purchases include vehicle fleets, construction materials, chemicals,

Green purchasing policy implementation success in Mexican municipalities

By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Government purchasing accounts for 27.9% of Mexico's gross domestic product. Examples of purchases include vehicle fleets, construction materials, chemicals, electronics, and

Green purchasing policy adoption in Mexican municipalities

By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Government purchasing accounts for 27.9% of Mexico's gross domestic product. Examples of purchases include vehicle fleets, construction materials, chemicals, electronics, and

Eight actions to advance green purchasing in Japanese municipalities

By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox In 2001, Japan's Ministry of Environment partnered with the Japanese Green Purchasing Network to create a "green product database" to help

Why Japanese municipal governments buy green products

By:Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Japanese governmental purchases account for 19.8% of its gross domestic product. These purchases include vehicle fleets, construction materials, chemicals, electronics, and office

Japanese green purchasing implementation success

By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox In Japan, sustainable purchasing policies are required at the national and federal level. To assist, Japan’s Ministry of Environment has developed

Special issue "Prospects and challenges of sustainable public purchasing"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). Deadline for manuscript submissions: October 15, 2020. Special Issue Editors Prof. Nicole Darnall: School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, 875502 Tempe, AZ, USA

ASU students partner with City of Tempe on sustainable purchasing

School of Sustainability, students have partnered with the City of Tempe to assist the city as it considers implementing a sustainable purchasing policy to help it achieve its ambitious Climate Action Goals.

SPRI co-founder wins Outstanding Early Career Scholar Award

Justin Stritch, co-founder of the Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative and senior sustainability scholar in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, recently won the Outstanding Early Career Scholar Award