Harnessing Public Procurement for the Green Transition
Good Practices in OECD Countries
This report presents the results of the 2022 OECD Green Public Procurement (GPP) Survey, to which 38 countries (OECD Member and accession candidate countries) responded. The aim of the survey was to better understand how public procurement, a significant economic lever, is being used to generate environmental benefits. The report is organized around four areas: green public procurement policy and strategic framework, public-private interactions on green public procurement, the monitoring and the evaluation of green public procurement, and building capacity and support for green public procurement. Developments in GPP since the survey was completed in 2022 are included in the country-specific factsheets annexed to the report.
Germany
The Federal Climate Change Act (last amended in 2021) sets the overarching goal of a climate-neutral Federal Administration by 2030. The Act stipulates a requirement according to which the Federal Government needs to consider, in public procurement procedures, how it can contribute to achieving climate protection targets, as specified in the Act itself. The Government must give preference to procuring products that achieve the goal of reducing GHG emissions at the lowest cost, over the entire life cycle.
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