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services should be encourages to become certified by some environmental<br />

standard.’<br />

57.4.2 Japan’s Green Purchasing Law<br />

The Green Purchasing Law, which came into force in 2001, stipulates the<br />

requirement for the Japanese Government and national public organisations to<br />

promote green procurement. This is supported via a green purchasing guideline which<br />

catalogues several hundred green products and which is updated annually; a Green<br />

Purchasing Network which disseminates information; and an ‘Eco-product’ exposition<br />

which is held each year. The promotion <strong>of</strong> green procurement is reinforced by an<br />

annual reporting requirement to the Ministry <strong>of</strong> the Environment. 1069 The increasing<br />

share <strong>of</strong> green products since the year the policy was implemented is shown in Figure<br />

57-2.<br />

Figure 57-2: Green Purchasing by the Japanese Government and National Institutions<br />

(excluding Public Works)<br />

Source: Tananka,R. (2007) <strong>Waste</strong> Reduction in Japan, British Embassy Tokyo, Available:<br />

http://ukinjapanstage.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/5606907/5633507/071030<strong>Waste</strong>Reduction.pdf<br />

1069 R. Tananka (2007) <strong>Waste</strong> Reduction in Japan, British Embassy Tokyo, Available: http://ukinjapanstage.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/5606907/5633507/071030<strong>Waste</strong>Reduction.pdf

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