IGPN - International Green Purchasing Network

Category Name

International Network

Council Members

Ryoichi Yamamoto
(IGPN Chair)

Professor Emeritus,
The University of Tokyo.
http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html
Konrad Otto-Zimmermann
(IGPN Vice Chair)

Secretary General,
ICLEI World Secretariat.
http://www.iclei.org
Scot Case

Vice-President & Partner,
Terra Choice, North America.
http://www.terrachoice.com/

Director of Procurement Strategy,
North American Green Purchasing Initiative.
(new link to be added soon)
Augustine Koh

Secretary General,
Green Purchasing Network Malaysia (GPNM).
http://www.gpnm.org/e/
Duk Seung Lee

Secretary General,
Korean Green Purchasing Network (KGPN).
http://www.gpn.or.kr/html2/
Prasad Modak

Executive President & Chairperson,
Green Purchasing Network India (GPNI).
http://gpnindia.org/

Partner,
Environmental Management Center, India.
http://emcentre.com/
Hideki Nakahara

Chairman,
Green Purchasing Network Japan (GPN).
http://www.gpn.jp/English/
Peter Nohrstedt

Project Director Procurement / Deputy MD,
Swedish Environmental Management Council (MSR).
http://www.msr.se/

Advisory Board Members

David le Blanc

Senior Sustainable Development Officer,
Division for Sustainable Development,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN-DESA).
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
sdissues/consumption/cpppr01.htm
Christopher Browne

Chief Advisor,
Government Procurement Development Group,
Ministry of Economic Development,
New Zealand.
http://www.med.govt.nz/
Chen Yanping

Deputy Director General,
General Office,
Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China.
http://english.mep.gov.cn/
Yutaka Shoda Director,
Environment and Economy Division,
Ministry of the Environment (MOE),
Japan.
http://www.env.go.jp/en/
Yoshihito Iwama

Director,
Environmental Policy Bureau,
Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).
http://www.keidanren.or.jp/
Michio Kayaba

Director General,
Environmental Bureau, Sendai City.
http://www.city.sendai.jp/kankyou/
toshisuishin/kokusai-e/
Sylvie Lemmet

Director,
Division of Technology, Industry and Economics,
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
http://www.unep.fr/scp/sc/
Pongvipa Lohsomboon

Director,
Greenhouse Gas Management Organization,
Thailand.
http://www.tgo.or.th/english/
Setsuko Miyakawa

Director,
Industry Department,
Asian Productivity Organization (APO).
http://www.apo-tokyo.org/
Yu Murata

Director,
Environmental Industries Office,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),
Japan.
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/
Dana Peterson

Executive Officer,
Sustainable Business,
Ministry for the Environment,
New Zealand.
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/
Julie Shannon

Branch Chief,
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
http://www.epa.gov/

Osamu Uno

Secretary General,
Eco Mark Office,
Japan Environmental Association (JEA).
http://www.jeas.or.jp/english/
Ning Yu

Director,
Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN).
http://www.globalecolabelling.net/

As of 1st January 2010

Green Purchasing Networks

[Japan]
Green Purchasing Network (GPN)

http://www.gpn.jp

[Korea]
Korea Green Purchasing Network (KGPN)

http://www.gpn.or.kr

[Malaysia]
Green Purchasing Network Malaysia (GPNM)

http://www.gpnm.org/e/

[Thailand]
Thailand Green Purchasing Network (TGPN)

http://www.thaigpn.org/

[China]
China Green Purchasing Network (CGPN)

http://www.cgpn.org/

[India]
Green Purchasing Network India (GPNI)

http://gpnindia.org/

[Vietnam]
Vietnam Green Purchasing Network (GPNV)

http://www.gpn.vn/

[Hong Kong]
Hong Kong Green Council

http://www.greencouncil.org/

[Singapore]
Green Purchasing Network Singapore

http://www.epc.com.sg/

[Taiwan]
Green Purchasing Alliance

[The Philippines]
Green Purchasing Alliance Philippines

http://www.pcepsdi.org.ph/gpam-1.html

[Indonesia]
Indonesia Green Purchasing Network

Associate member

Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN)

http://www.globalecolabelling.net/

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