APO GPN – Survey on Green Purchasing Activities in Asia: ROC

The content of the survey is to include the followings: - Activities of the public sector (national and local bodies): practice, system, development and barriers; - Activities of the business sector: practice (purchase of products, parts and materials), system, development, barriers and case study; - Product information in green purchasing: environmental labels, criteria, guidelines and database;. [...] With regard to the above terms, the report on the survey in ROC will introduce the government green procurement law which governs the green purchasing in public sector in ROC, report the green consumerism and green purchasing activities of the business sector in ROC, the Green Mark (eco-label) products, and finally the promoting organizations which include government, NGO and academics. [...] The existing practice is that the supplier of an environmentally preferable product is given a chance to reduce the price if the quoted price is higher, but within 10% of the lowest price of the non-environmentally preferable product, and if agreed, the contract will be awarded to the supplier of the environmentally preferable product. [...] When searching for green products in the master product database, the system automatically selects products for the user based on the established green purchasing guidelines and information from sources such as vendors and the Green Purchasing Network (GPN), an organization devoted to the promotion of green purchasing. [...] The purpose of this document is to encourage the purchase of products that have a lower environmental impact, to the greatest degree possible, and to increase the acceptance of green consumerism in order to expand the market for green products.