Green procurement policies and practices: Swedish perspectives from the public and private sectors

Handbook of Environmental Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-77

  Leire, Charlotte ^a   Mont, Oksana ^a   Dalhammar, Carl ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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