Green purchasing policy adoption in Mexican municipalities
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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
Project Cities–Glendale: first round of summary reports released
In the Fall 2018 semester, ASU Project Cities convened 47 Arizona State University students across five classes to collaborate with the City of Glendale on three unique community development projects.
Cities can make greener purchases with help of new initiative
Aimed at making it easier for cities to “buy green," ASU's new Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative created eight real-world recommendations that can be used by city officials considering environmentally-friendly products – from light bulbs to carpeting.