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Government sustainability
These links are being continually updated. We are happy to receive suggestions for additions to this page.
Canada's greening of government initiatives can be found at: http://www.greeninggovernment.gc.ca/indexe.htm
Reports on the UK Government's initiatives can be found at http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk
The South Australian Greening of Government Operations (GoGO) Framework is available at http://www.greening.sa.gov.au
The Victorian State Government's plans for greening of government include EMS, purchasing and environmental reporting requirements: http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/government/ems/
For an excellent introduction to EMS and the different international standards, including ISO14001: http://www.quality.co.uk/ecoadvic.htm
JAS-ANZ is the industry association for accredited EMS auditors: http://www.jas-anz.com.au
EMS Frequently-asked questions: http://www.p2pays.org/iso/emsisofaq.asp
USA Advice on water efficiency for office-based operations can be found at the WAVE pages, via http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/
UK Watermark project for water efficiency in the public sector: http://www.watermark.gov.uk/
For further information on international development in the environmental purchasing area, please see:
The National Association of Counties in the USA has a useful list of environmental purchasing resources: http://www.naco.org/
The USA EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing website can be found at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/
The Center for a New American Dream (CNAD) runs a large environmental purchasing program for public and private sector organisations in the USA: http://www.newdream.org/procure/
http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/cesd_cedd.nsf/html/menu_e.html
The Purchasing and Supply Agency of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has taken an integrated approach to EMS and environmental purchasing. For more information, see http://www.pasa.doh.gov.uk/environment/ems/
The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is involved in environmental purchasing initiatives for municipal governments across Europe: http://www.iclei.org/ecoprocura/
http://simap.eu.int/EN/pub/src/welcome.htm
http://europa.eu.int/comm/index.htm
For the United Nations Environment Program's (UNEP) sustainable procurement pages, see http://www.uneptie.org/pc/sustain/procurement/green-proc.htm
European Commission guidance on incorporating environmental considerations into public procurement: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/publproc/general/com274en.pdf
"Environmental Issues in Purchasing" is guidance from the UK Treasury and DETR: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/about_envpurchase.cfm
UK "Green Guide for Buyers"http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/about_envpurchase.cfm
For further information on Australian development in the environmental purchasing area, please see:
The Australian Government's new Action Plan under the National Packaging Covenant can be found at http://www.packagingcovenant.org.au/documents/File/AP_Australian_Government_06_08.pdf
ICLEI have commenced an environmental purchasing pilot project with nine Australian local governments. See http://www.iclei.org/anz/green/gppp.htm
The NSW government has developed environmental purchasing guidance available at www.greengoods.nsw.gov.au
NSW Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP): www.wrapp.nsw.gov.au
http://www.isr.gov.au/resources/netenergy/domestic/comm/
http://www.deh.gov.au/about/councils/anzecc/index.html
http://ecospecifier.rmit.edu.au/flash.htm