APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...

Thailand
*etc.=Sustainable Consumption and Production, Green Procurement
etc.
2005
Showcase
The Green Purchasing and Green Procurement Initiative
Project Site Location
Bangkok
2009
Background - Problems Addressed and Policy Responses
Green procurement is viewed as an alternative means
towards attaining sustainable consumption. As the largest
purchaser in the country, the Thai government declared
adoption of green procurement by launching a pilot project
in the Pollution Control Department (PCD). However, green
procurement is not widely adopted yet, especially for small
private organisations.
Project Outline - Objectives and Activities
The Memorandum of Understanding
signing ceremony for “The green
purchasing and green procurement
initiative” project on 27 February 2008
This project aims at strengthening the implementation of green procurement in both public and private
sectors by enhancing capacity, indicating key factors for pursuing green procurement, streamlining
the green procurement network and knowledge sharing between organisations. Key activities include
arranging workshops on green procurement, launching green procurement pilot projects in many
organisations, developing and disseminating green procurement handbooks and conducting surveys
and interviews on green procurement in public and private organisations.
2005 2006 2007 2008
Impacts and Achievements
The project has resulted in clarification of the factors governing green procurement in Thailand, and the
publishing of a green procurement handbook for public and private organisations. Pilot projects in both
public and private organisations demonstrated that green procurement can be implemented in small
and medium-sized organisations. The activities of this project have also increased cooperation between
members of the green procurement network in Thailand.
Future Challenges
Even though this project has succeeded in its objectives in strengthening the implementation of green
procurement through activities and pilot projects, green procurement in Thailand still needs further
development and dissemination to wider audiences in both public and private sectors. Another key
challenge is to stimulate green demand by addressing green consumption at the level of individual
citizens, which is needed in order to achieve sustainable consumption throughout Thai society.
General Information
Name of the Implementing Organisation:
Thailand Environment Institute (TEI)
Type of Organisation: NGO/CBO
Contact: Qwanruedee Chotichanathawewong
16/151 Muang Thong Thani, Bond Street, Bangpood, Pakkred, Nonthaburi 11120 Thailand
Tel: +66 2 503-3333 Fax: +66 2 504-4826-8 E-mail: qwan@ti.or.th Website: http://www.tei.or.th
Project Reviewer (NetRes / Collaborators) that monitors the project:
Masanori Kobayashi, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
E-mail: m-kobayashi@iges.or.jp
Area
Climate Change 3R Biodiversity & Ecosystem Water Capacity Development etc. Others
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