Scaling up Voluntary Sustainability Standards through Sustainable Public Procurement and Trade Policy: 4th Flagship Report of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards
dc.contributor.organizationEconomy Division
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-22T11:16:59Z
dc.date.available2021-11-22T11:16:59Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionThis 4th Flagship Report aims to provide an understanding of the role of government as a vehicle to drive the adoption of VSS. The effectiveness of VSS to contribute to sustainable development partly depends on their degree of adoption by economic operators. In this respect, governments can play a significant role through public procurement and trade policy. The integration of VSS into public procurement and trade policies is potentially a powerful means to upscale their adoption. Public procurement represents, on average, 12 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and up to 30 per cent of GDP in developing countries. Given the magnitude of such spending, in combination with the pressing need for sustainable production and consumption, sustainable public procurement (SPP) has become imperative. In addition, trade policy is increasingly being used to pursue non-trade objectives, including those relating to sustainability.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/37498
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number75 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectpublic procurement
dc.subjecttrade policy
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.titleScaling up Voluntary Sustainability Standards through Sustainable Public Procurement and Trade Policy: 4th Flagship Report of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standardsen
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