ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates three factors that play an important role in the implementation of green public procurement programmes: Who purchases; and when and how are procurement activities organised? How can a buyer decide that a product is environmentally preferable? How is the green procurement programme managed and controlled across different types of organisation? The magnitude of the management task in the implementation of a green procurement programme depends largely on how the public purchasing function is organised. The communication of a green procurement programme to the relatively few decision-making units (DMUs) in a centralised procurement system is straightforward. The existence of frame organisations offers a possibility for the managers of an environmentally preferable procurement (EPP) programme to make sure that green products and brands are at least offered and recommended to the buyers. The management of an EPP programme also involves co-ordination with other environmental policies, strategies, programmes and rules.
