Green Purchasing

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the concept of green purchasing. It discusses the issues related to green purchasing, including sustainable purchasing, environmental sourcing and buying green from the organization's perspective. The issues are discussed from the point of view of the target audience being professionals working in the purchasing career. The paper includes a large amount of appended reference material.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
The Evolution of "Green Purchasing"
The Business Reasons for "Greener Purchasing"
How has Purchasing Evolved to Meet the Needs of the Environment?
How to Create an Environmental Purchasing Policy for an Organization and Establish a "Supplier's Sustainability Relationship Management Program"
How Should Suppliers be Selected Based upon an Organization's Commitment to become "Greener?"
What Metrics are Available to Evaluate Supplier's Environmental Performance?
How to Build a Supplier Environmental Scorecard using Key Environmental Metrics
What are Some Ideas for Supplier Collaboration and Development Programs Specifically Relating to Green Purchasing?
What is Strategic Environmental Sourcing?
The Role of Eco- Labeling in Environmental Purchasing
The European Union Eco-labeling Scheme
Greener Purchasing and Trade Rules
European Union Restrictions of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) legislation
China's RoHS
LCA
What are the Global "Green" Purchasing Organizations Internationally
What are the Governmental Resources to Assist "Green Purchasing" Efforts and "Green Supplier Network"
What Should Companies Know about doing Business with the U.S. Government as it Relates to Presidential Orders/Requirements around Green Procurement/Purchasing
Global "Green Purchasing Trends and the Future of Green Purchasing given where we've come in the Journey."

From the Paper:

"Purchasing has evolved to meet the needs of the environment as a result of the development of sustainable purchasing networks and information suppliers. Individuals within organizations have become aware of the need to emphasize the strategic planning involved with an aspect of business that takes up between 50 and 70% of the financial resources of business, and have thus began to provide more strategic plans for obtaining supplies. More recently the industry has taken a long look at strategic environmental concerns as they apply to supplying a business and have responded with plans and executions. (Sroufe, 2006, 1-6) Suppliers and consumers (internal and external) have begun to understand the importance of doing business in an environmentally friendly way, and as more organizations become aware of it and implement change based on it more companies must come in line or be lost in the process. The marketability of "green" practices has grown not only in popularity but in influence as large purchasing organizations are seeking companies to purchase from who have a greater reputation for sustainable practices, something gleaned from marketing and action."

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.
• EU RoHs website. Retrieved, March 18, 2008. <http://www.rohs.eu/english/index.html>.
• EU Eco-Label Website. Retrieved, March 12, 2008 <http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/whats_eco/index_en.htm>.
• Furniss, C. (2006, October). How Green Is Your Business. Geographical, 78, 45.

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