Green public procurement in practice - The case of Norway

Society and Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-198

  Fet, Annik ^a   Michelsen, Ottar ^a   Boer, Luitzen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

environmental management; environmental products declarations; GPP measures; Green Public Procurement; H57; J18; L50; Norwegian initiatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955151853     PISSN: 15889726     EISSN: 1588970X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/SocEc.33.2011.1.13     Document Type: Article

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