Green Purchasing

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This research paper is an exploration of the historical and current state of corporate consumerism regarding environmentally friendly or green purchasing for the purchasing professional. It develops ideas and concepts and explains several key terms and processes which corporations and individual purchasing agents may implement to further the goal of green corporate purchasing. It also demonstrates ways in which purchasers can find information and better understand the varied aspects of green purchasing, following several different applied methods of green buying to the conclusion and comparing and contrasting them. The paper points out the governmental aspect of sustainable purchasing, looking at varied ways in which governments have sponsored and or implemented legislation that demands standards for sustainable purchasing. It also includes a description of an environmentally preferable purchasing model policy.

From the Paper:

"One of the first goals of establishing a supplier's sustainability relationship management program is to develop a sense of purpose for the organization. The organization itself must be living up to a certain code of conduct with regard to environmental goals in order to utilize supplier's commitments as a key in such a goal. In other words the company must determine what about "green" production is important to them in order to determine what is important to them in a supplier. Once this has been determined then the company must succinctly express such details in suppler communications and research. Some companies have taken to asking suppliers to agree to a set of standards. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anderson, R. C. (2000). The Next Industrial Revolution. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, 15(4), 23. Retrieved March 31, 2008, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001177383
• Council Rewards Green Firms. (2007, February 21). Daily Post (Liverpool, England), p. 1.
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• Furniss, C. (2006, October). How Green Is Your Business. Geographical, 78, 45.

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