DocumentCode
1661707
Title
International Green Purchasing: A Strategy for Sustainable Development
Author
Sundstrom, Steven
Author_Institution
Kyoto Univ.
fYear
2005
Firstpage
525
Lastpage
526
Abstract
Environmentally enhanced purchasing contracts are vital to change consumption and production patterns. International cooperation on green purchasing, as an important tool to reach sustainable development goals, aims to disseminate information to developing countries. Countries such as Japan, where a large membership and continuous activity over a ten-year period has brought relative success in this area, lead the effort
Keywords
contracts; environmental factors; purchasing; socio-economic effects; sustainable development; Japan; developing countries; international green purchasing; production pattern; purchasing contract; sustainable development; Contracts; Guidelines; Hazardous materials; Military standards; Procurement; Product design; Production; Supply chains; Sustainable development; Waste materials; content of design; environmental contract management; global supply chain; international green purchasing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tokyo
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0081-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619284
Filename
1619284
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