IGPN - International Green Purchasing Network
The International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN) is an organization which promotes Green Purchasing around the globe
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April 20, 2008
12.7 TWh through the Swedish electricity certificate system in 2007
In 2007, 12.7 TWh of renewable electricity was produced under the electricity certificate system in Sweden. This is equivalent to the annual consumption of around half a million electrically heated detached houses. Biofuels are the dominant source of energy for electricity production in the system. But the sharpest increase is for wind power, up 45 per cent on 2006.
For more information, please visit Sweden Energy Agency.
April 7, 2008
Multilingual version of the Green Purchasing & Green Public Procurement Starter Kit developed
IGPN and GPN India have completed the development of the Green Purchasing & Green Public Procurement Starter Kit in Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and English.
The CD version will be available from GPN India, China GPN, Thai GPN, Vietnam Productivity Centre (VPC) and IGPN. Web version will soon be uploaded to the web sites of the respective organisations.