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Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities - Summary of a Workshop (Paperback)
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Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities - Summary of a Workshop (Paperback)
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Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders have imposed
requirements for federal agencies to move toward the sustainable
acquisition of goods and services, including the incorporation of
sustainable purchasing into federal agency decision making. Since
the federal government is such a significant player in the market,
its move to incorporate sustainable procurement practices could
have a profound impact on the types of products being developed for
the market as a whole. The General Services Administration (GSA)
has played a key role in furthering sustainable procurement
practices throughout the federal government. GSA is responsible for
formulating and maintaining government-wide policies covering a
variety of administrative actions, including those related to
procurement and management. GSA has several ongoing activities
related to sustainable procurement to assess the feasibility of
working with the federal supplier community - vendors and
contractors that serve federal agencies to measure and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chain while encouraging
sustainable operations among suppliers. GSA has also been actively
developing programs to assist federal agencies in making
sustainable procurement decisions. As federal agencies cannot
directly fund the development of sustainable procurement tools,
they are particularly interested in understanding how to foster
innovation and provide incentives for collaboration between
developers and users of tools for sustainable purchasing throughout
the supply chain. The training of procurement professionals is also
a priority for these agencies. To assist efforts to build
sustainability considerations into the procurement process, the
National Research Council appointed a committee to organize a
two-day workshop that explored ways to better incorporate
sustainability considerations into procurement tools and
capabilities across the public and private sectors. The workshop
was designed to help participants assess the current landscape of
green purchasing tools, identify emerging needs for enhanced or new
tools and opportunities to develop them, identify potential
barriers to progress, and explore potential solutions. The workshop
provided an opportunity for participants to discuss challenges
related to sustainable purchasing and to developing new procurement
tools. Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and
Capabilities reviews the presenters' recommendations and tools
currently used in sustainable procurement, such as databases for
ecolabels and standards, codes, or regulations and other
nontechnological tools such as policies, frameworks, rating
systems, and product indexes. Table of Contents Front Matter 1
Overview 2 Government Efforts 3 Sourcing and Materials 4 Tools and
Technology for Sustainable Purchasing 5 Workforce and Culture
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Registered Participants
List Appendix C: Biographies Appendix D: Examples of Federal Agency
Procurement Systems and Green Purchasing Programs Appendix E: The
Federal Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) Digital Commons
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