RT null T1 The Impacts of Sustainable Public Procurement: Eight Illustrative Case Studies A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 environmental management K1 green economy K1 resource conservation K1 sustainable consumption K1 recycling K1 paper K1 Brazil K1 tire industry K1 Costa Rica K1 printing industry K1 France K1 China K1 organic farming K1 Italy K1 construction industry K1 United Kingdom K1 waste disposal K1 United States YR 2012 FD 2012 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32156 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32156 NO The SPP impact study is a joint project of UNEP and of the Swiss-led Marrakech Task Force on SPP. The study aims at demonstrating the benefits of sustainable public procurement on developing, developed and in transition countries. It also seeks to initiate a methodology to quantify the sustainable development and market impacts of SPP activities: increased availability of sustainable goods and services, strengthening of productive capacities and export capacities, employment creation, improved labor conditions, reduced energy and water consumption, reduced GHG emissions, increased competitiveness of green industries, uptake of green technologies, more efficient use of natural resources, etc. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 19, 2026