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IGPN NEWSLETTER [Issue 18]
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HEADLINES
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- San Francisco Officials Plan to Block Apple Procurement
- Is it now possible to blame extreme weather on global warming?
- Rio+20: Progress on Earth issues 'too slow' - UN chief
- Green Growth in China
- UNEP launches the International Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative (SPPI)
- IGPN starts ethical / CSR procurement study workshop in Tokyo
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GREEN PURCHASING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
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San Francisco Officials Plan to Block Apple Procurement
http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/07/10/san-francisco-officials-plan-to-block-apple-procurement/?mod=google_news_blog
San Francisco city officials say they are moving to block purchases of Apple desktops and laptops, by all municipal agencies, after the company removed a green electronics certification from its products.
Is it now possible to blame extreme weather on global warming?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/jul/03/weather-extreme-blame-global-warming
Whenever an episode of extreme weather ? heatwave, flood, drought, etc ? hits the headlines, someone somewhere is sure to point the finger of blame at human-induced climate change.
Rio+20: Progress on Earth issues 'too slow' - UN chief
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18527141
Rio+20 has formally opened with a warning from UN head Mr Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow.
Green Growth in China
http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,3746,en_2649_37425_50617559_1_1_1_37425,00.html
The 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) aims to reduce energy consumption by 16% and carbon emissions by 17%.
UNEP launches the International Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative (SPPI)
http://www.unep.org/
UNEP launched the International Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative (SPPI) on 18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro.
IGPN starts ethical / CSR procurement study workshop in Tokyo
http://www.igpn.org/news/2012/06/igpn_starts_ethical_csr_procur.html
IGPN secretariat, together with GPN Japan, held the first workshop on 24 May to study and analyse the trend and practice of ethical / CSR procurement in Japan and abroad. The participants included representatives from research institutes, universities, government sector, industrial sector, environmental NGOs, etc.
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