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Strategy for green public procurement

Denmark

Thematic area

Availability, Accessibility, Convenience, Marketing and Regulation

Policy scope

National

Target audience

Public Sector

Status

Ongoing

Aim and method

In the long run, the strategy aims to effect the public sector to reduce it's carbon foot prints that are linked to food consumption. Vegetarian food is served twice a week in government canteens, where 60% is organic. Furthermore, it will be mandatory for government procurement officers to choose eco-labelled products for some product groups. Likewise, it will be mandatory to focus on costs throughout the life cycle of a product - and not only on the price at the time of purchase - for some product groups. Moreover, the strategy commits the public sector to a gradual conversion of the entire public vehicle fleet to emission-free vehicles, so that the public vehicle fleet will be emission-free in 2030. In 2021, a reduction target for the public procurement’s climate footprint will be determined based on a projection of the public procurement’s climate footprint in 2030.

Background

The strategy is part of the danish governments efforts to decrease carbon emissions

Monitoring and ownership

Danish ministry of finance

Implementation and Results

Hard to say. It is ehard to find data of how well the strategy has even been implemented