Denmark - A green procurement country

Denmark, one of the leading countries in green public procurement, has committed all government institutions to include environmental aspects into the purchasing process. National Procurement Ltd provides a commercial purchasing service to government institutions that takes environmental issues into consideration. This is achieved by including environmental criteria into framework agreements with suppliers of a wide range of products that are used by over 7,000 subscribers. Green purchasing guide lines for 50 product groups have been developed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and are distributed via National Procurement Ltd. The latter is half owned by the State (Ministry of Finance) (55%) and by the National Association of Local Authorities in Denmark (45%).