{"id":362,"date":"2020-10-22T22:16:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T22:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2021-03-10T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T17:12:16","slug":"japan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Green purchasing in Japanese municipalities<\/h3>\r\n\t\t

\"\"<\/a>Japanese governmental purchases account for 19.8% of its gross domestic product. These purchases include vehicle fleets, construction materials, chemicals, electronics, and office materials, to name a few. Collectively, these purchases are significant contributors to global climate change and other environmental concerns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t

Researchers at Waseda University’s Research Institute for Environmental Economics and Management partnered with Arizona State University’s Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative to conduct a national survey to learn more about green purchasing implementation. The survey targeted department directors of finance, municipal engineering, and environment in all 860 municipalities with 25,000 or more residents. <\/p>\r\n\t\t

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