First Intervention by the NGO Major Group at the Ministerial Roundtable

This statement outlines non-governmental organisation input to a roundtable on sustainable consumption and production, as presented by the non-governmental organisation Major Group at Ministerial Roundtable four of the fourteenth Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum in 2013. It emphasises sustainable public procurement as a key mechanism, identifies political, technical, and informational barriers, and proposes integrated environmental and social criteria, strengthened tools, local supply development, knowledge exchange, and stakeholder engagement.