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Leveraging The Federal Government’S Buying Power To Mitigate Climate Change, Polly Hall, Tim Cooke, Steven L. Schooner
Leveraging The Federal Government’S Buying Power To Mitigate Climate Change, Polly Hall, Tim Cooke, Steven L. Schooner
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As global temperatures continue to rise, this brief article focuses on the evolution of sustainable public procurement (primarily in the United States federal or central government marketplace).
Among other things, the article introduces expanding efforts by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and its community of practice (COP) to raise awareness of the procurement profession's and community's role in adapting to and mitigating climate change, support knowledge sharing about existing work in this area, provide resources and training to contracting professionals, and integrate sustainability into contracting professional standards. Ultimately, what procurement officials buy, how they buy, and who they buy …
Deploying The Wto Agreement On Government Procurement (Gpa) To Enhance Sustainability And Accelerate Climate Change Mitigation, Robert D. Anderson, Antonella Salgueiro, Steven L. Schooner, Marc Steiner
Deploying The Wto Agreement On Government Procurement (Gpa) To Enhance Sustainability And Accelerate Climate Change Mitigation, Robert D. Anderson, Antonella Salgueiro, Steven L. Schooner, Marc Steiner
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Mitigating climate change and promoting sustainability are defining challenges of our time. Public procurement has a vital role to play in responding to the current crises. This article makes the case that the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), and specifically the Work Programme on Sustainable Procurement that has been initiated pursuant to the Agreement, can serve as important instruments to promote sustainable approaches to public procurement internationally, consistent with the goals of climate change mitigation.
The Work Programme, which was established at the time of the GPA’s modernization in 2012 and on which important work has …