Matrix of Global Activities for Green Purchasing
Ntional Governments (alphabetical order)

Organization Information
  Japanese
Ministry of the
Environment		 New Zealand
Ministry of
the Environment		 US Environment Protection
Agency		 US Office of
the Federal
Environmental
Executive
Type of Organization National
Government		 National
Government		 National
Government		 National
Government
Region Japan New Zealand US US
Program Name/
Main Activity 		Procurement of Eco-
friendly Goods & Servicies		 Govt3 Programme Environmentally preferable
purchasing(EPP)		 Federal Green Purchasing Program
Location/
Office where the program is managed 		Tokyo,
Japan		 Wellington,
New Zealand		 Washinton DC,
U.S.A.		 Washinton DC,
U.S.A.

Green Purchasing Activities
  Japanese
Ministry of the
Environment		 New Zealand
Ministry of
the Environment		 US Environment Protection
Agency		 US Office of
the Federal
Environmental
Executive
General Guidelines/
Principles
(which apply to all areas 'in general') 		Basic Policy
on Promoting
Green Purchasing		 unavailable Guiding principles are available To promote
sustainable environmental stewardship throughout the federal government
Checklist/
Guidelines//
Specifications/
Criteria 		Basic Policy
on Promoting
Green Purchasing 		Under development, 8
Products, 1 service		 Buildings

Cleaners

Electronics-
www.epeat.net
and
www.federal
electronicschallenge.
net

Conferences

Purchasing Guidelines		 unavailable
Product List
/Database 		・Products:35
・Serｖices:1
Database
in Japanes 		Possible future
development for paper,
recycled content
products		 650 products
and services in
over 50 categories		 unavailable
Suppliers List
/Database 		Suppliers within
the above
Database		 unavailable unavailable unavailable
Environmental Label (ISO), Other (EnergyStar) Does not
Conduct Label
Operations		 Does not
Conduct Label
Operations		 Does not
Conduct Label
Operations		 Does not Conduct Label
Operations
Training Course/Tools (market related) Provided through
GPN(Green Purchasing
Network)		 unavailable Environmentally
preferable
purchasing guides		 Green purchasing training courses, offered as requested
Education Materials/Tools (non-professional) Provided
through
GPN(Green Purchasing
Network)		 unavailable General EPP Traing tool Training materials, including a link to an on-line course,
“What is Green Purchasing, Anyway?”, hosted on the Office of Personnel Management’s web site.
Events Annual workshop to
discuss "Designated
Procurement Items"		 2004/05- bimonthly
meetings, 2005/06 -
network meetings as
required		 Product-specific basis
seminars and workshops		 Annual Closing
the Circle Award
Research (market)/Surveys (awareness) Environmental Issues
(Not procurement focus)		 unavailable Qualitative Mesurement of
Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing(EPP) Among
Federal Employees in 2000

Federal EPP opportunities		 Biennial Reports
to the President
on Federal Greening
the Government
Activities
Good Practices/Case Studies for purchasing Case Studies
(in Japanese)		 Govt3 Awards Promising Practices

Case studies		 Closing the Circle Awards
Newsletter unavailable unavailable 2-3times per year Quarterly newsletter
"Closing the Circle News'
Related Laws/
Regulations
(i.e. "Green Purchasing Law") 		Law Concerning the
Promotion of Procurement
of Eco-Friendly Goods
and Services
by the State
and Other Entities
(Law on Promoting Green Purchasing)		 One directive relating to
timber procurement		 Executive Order The United States’
Federal green purchasing program
was established by several laws, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Energy Policy Act, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act and Clean Air Act. Several Presidential Executive Orders

Other
  Japanese
Ministry of the
Environment		 New Zealand
Ministry of
the Environment		 US Environment Protection
Agency		 US Office of
the Federal
Environmental
Executive
Measurement/
Evaluation Method		 unavailable unavailable EPA's EO 13101 2005/2010 Goals unavailable
Publications unavailable unavailable Various documents on
EPP(Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing)		 “The Federal
Commitment to
Green Building:
Experiences
and Expectations”,
September 17, 2003
Other relevant publication
available at http://www.ofee.gov
/pubs/pubs.htm