This dissertation outlined the development of green procurement policy at anudinternational, European and national level. The current culture of green procurementudwas examined within Irish Public Bodies, particularly Local Authorities. Procurementudplans were examined for green procurement policies and tender documents wereudexamined for green criteria. Case studies were presented to give examples of greenudprocurement in practice, to demonstrate the procurement processes used and toudsummarise the lessons learned.udThe culture of green procurement across Irish Public Bodies was found to be extremelyuddiverse and was often found to be driven by individuals within these bodies as much asudby corporate policy. Many obstacles to Green Public Procurement were found to exist,udincluding a need for national legislative and policy drivers. The level of knowledge andudtraining in this area is limited and this is reflected in the general absence of greenudcriteria in public tenders.
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