{"id":360,"date":"2020-10-22T22:16:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T22:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/?page_id=360"},"modified":"2021-03-10T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T17:10:40","slug":"italy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Green purchasing in Italian municipalities<\/h3>\r\n\t\t

\"\"<\/a>Italian government purchases account for 10 – 11% of the country’s gross domestic product. Examples of these purchases include chemicals, construction materials, vehicle fleets, electronics, and office materials. Research shows that these purchases are significant contributors to global climate change and a host of other environmental concerns during manufacturing and when in use. For this reason, Italy passed the National Action Plan on Green Public Procurement to implement purchasing initiatives that reduce environmental impacts. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t

Researchers at the Institute of Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna partnered with Arizona State University’s Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative to conduct a national survey to address these implementation concerns. They surveyed directors in finance, environmental, and engineering departments of 395 Italian municipalities with 25,000 residents or more to learn more about their green purchasing efforts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t

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