Carbon footprint in Green Public Procurement: A case study in the services sector

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-166

  Alvarez, Sergio ^a,b   Rubicon, Agustín ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Consumption based emissions; MC3; Procurement emissions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; MAINTENANCE; SERVICE INDUSTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE; DIRECT EMISSIONS; ENERGY EMISSIONS; OPERATIONAL EXPENSE; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; SERVICE COMPANIES; SERVICES SECTORS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84926167782     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.048     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. 2 emissions in Spain Ecol. Econ. 68 2009 905 914 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.07.010
2. S. Alvarez, M. Blanquer, and A. Rubio Carbon footprint using the compound method based on financial accounts. The case of the School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid J. Clean. Prod. 66 2014 224 232 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.050
3. S. Alvarez, and A. Rubio Compound method based on financial accounts versus process life cycle analysis in product carbon footprint: a comparison using wood pallets Ecol. Indic. 49 2015 88 94 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.10.005
4. S. Alvarez, M. Sosa, and A. Rubio Product and corporate carbon footprint using the compound method based on financial accounts. The case of Osorio wind farms Appl. Energy 139 2015 196 204 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.11.039
5. I. Arto, A. Genty, J.M. Rueda-Cantuche, A. Villanueva, and A. Valeria Global Resources Use and Pollution, Volume 1/Production, Consumption and Trade (1995-2008) Luxembourg 2012 10.2791/94365
6. S. Brammer, and H. Walker Sustainable procurement in the public sector: an international comparative study Int. J. Oper. Prod. Manag. 31 2011 452 476 10.1108/01443571111119551
7. S.H.M. Butchart, M. Walpole, B. Collen, A. van Strien, J.P.W. Scharlemann, R.E.A. Almond, J.E.M. Baillie, B. Bomhard, C. Brown, J. Bruno, K.E. Carpenter, G.M. Carr, J. Chanson, A.M. Chenery, J. Csirke, N.C. Davidson, F. Dentener, M. Foster, A. Galli, J.N. Galloway, P. Genovesi, R.D. Gregory, M. Hockings, V. Kapos, J.-F. Lamarque, F. Leverington, J. Loh, M.A. McGeoch, L. McRae, A. Minasyan, M. Hernández Morcillo, T.E.E. Oldfield, D. Pauly, S. Quader, C. Revenga, J.R. Sauer, B. Skolnik, D. Spear, D. Stanwell-Smith, S.N. Stuart, A. Symes, M. Tierney, T.D. Tyrrell, J.-C. Vié, and R. Watson Global biodiversity: indicators of recent declines Science 328 2010 1164 1168 10.1126/science.1187512
8. J. Cagiao, B. Gómez, J.L. Doménech, S.G. Mainar, and H.G. Lanza Calculation of the corporate carbon footprint of the cement industry by the application of MC3 methodology Ecol. Indic. 11 2011 1526 1540 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.02.013
9. J. Cagiao, S. Labella Hidalgo, A. Carballo-Penela, and B. Gómez Meijide A new perspective for labeling the carbon footprint against climate change D.B.R. Singh, Global Warming - Impacts and Future Perspectives 2012 InTech p. 39. doi:10.5772/2599
10. A. Carballo-Penela, and J. Doménech Managing the carbon footprint of products: the contribution of the method composed of financial statements (MC3) Int. J. Life Cycle Anal. 3 2010 962 969 10.1007/s11367-010-0230-1
11. A. Carballo-Penela, M.D.C. García-Negro, and J.L. Doménech A methodological proposal for corporate carbon footprint and its application to a wine-producing company in Galicia, Spain Sustainability 1 2009 302 318 10.3390/su1020302
12. A. Carballo-Penela Desarrollo sostenible y ecoetiquetado de bienes y servicios 2010 AENOR Madrid
13. Carbonfeel Bookfeel Trial Version 2014 [WWW Document]. Fund. Funciona. URL http://www.carbonfeel.org/Carbonfeel-2/BookFeel.html (accessed 10.10.13.)
14. Carbonfeel Technical Committee 2014 [WWW Document]. Fund. Funciona. URL http://www.carbonfeel.org/Carbonfeel-2/El-equipo.html (accessed 08.08.14.)
15. CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013 United Kingdom 2013
16. Commission Decision 2000/532/EC: Commission Decision of 3 May 2000 Replacing Decision 94/3/EC Establishing a List of Wastes Pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on Waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC Establishing a List of Hazardous Waste Pursuant to Art 2000
17. J.L. Doménech AENOR Huella Ecológica y Desarrollo Sostenible 2007 AENOR Madrid
18. European Commission Buying Green! - a Handbook on Green Public Procurement 2011 Publications Office of the European Union Luxembourg 10.2779/74936
19. European Commission Commission Recommendation (2013/179/EU) on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations. Annex II: Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) guide Off. J. Eur. Union 56 2013 10.3000/19770677.L-2013.124.eng
20. European Commission Building the Single Market for Green Products COM(2013) 196 final. Brussels, Belgium 2013
21. C. Fourcroy, F. Gallouj, and F. Decellas Energy consumption in service industries: challenging the myth of non-materiality Ecol. Econ. 81 2012 155 164 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.07.003
22. N. Frantzeskaki, J. Wittmayer, and D. Loorbach The role of partnerships in "realising" urban sustainability in Rotterdam's City Ports Area, The Netherlands J. Clean. Prod. 65 2014 406 417 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.09.023
23. 2 emissions in the construction field through the selection of materials: practical case study of three houses of low environmental impact Build. Environ. 41 2006 902 909 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.04.006
24. C.T. Hendrickson, L.B. Lave, and H.S. Matthews Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services: an Input-Output Approach 2006 Routledge
25. IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories 1996 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IGES Japan
26. IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Agriculture, forestry and other land use H.S. Eggleston, L. Buendia, K. Miwa, T. N, K. T, 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories vol. 4 2006 IGES Japan
27. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) ISO 14064-1:2006 Greenhouse Gases - Part 1: Specification with Guidance at the Organization Level for Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals 2006
28. H.N. Larsen, and E.G. Hertwich Analyzing the carbon footprint from public services provided by counties J. Clean. Prod. 19 2011 1975 1981 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.06.014
29. MAGRAMA (Ministerio de Agricultura Alimentación y Medio Ambiente) Registro de huella de carbono, compensación y proyectos de absorción 2014 [WWW Document]. URL http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/cambio-climatico/temas/mitigacion-politicas-y-medidas/Registro-informacion.aspx (accessed 09.09.14.)
30. I. Mongelli, G. Tassielli, and B. Notarnicola Global warming agreements, international trade and energy/carbon embodiments: an input-output approach to the Italian case Energy Policy 34 2006 88 100 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.06.004
31. K. Nansai, S. Kagawa, S. Suh, M. Fujii, R. Inaba, and S. Hashimoto Material and energy dependence of services and its implications for climate change Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 2009 4241 4246 10.1021/es8025775
32. G.P. Peters Carbon footprints and embodied carbon at multiple scales Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 2 2010 245 250 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.05.004
33. G.P. Peters, J.C. Minx, C.L. Weber, and O. Edenhofer Growth in emission transfers via international trade from 1990 to 2008 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 108 2011 8903 8908 10.1073/pnas.1006388108
34. L.C. Roca, and C. Searcy An analysis of indicators disclosed in corporate sustainability reports J. Clean. Prod. 20 2012 103 118 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.08.002
35. S. Schaltegger, and M. Csutora Carbon accounting for sustainability and management. Status quo and challenges J. Clean. Prod. 36 2012 1 16 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.06.024
36. C. Simmons, I. González, K. Lewis, T. Wiedmann, and S. Giljum Methodology for Determining Global Sectoral Material Consumption, Carbon dioxide Emissions and Ecological Footprints 2006 [WWW Document]. WWF, One Planet Bus. URL http://www.bestfootforward.com/media/upload/images/casestudy/methodology-report-wwf-one-planet-business.pdf (accessed 09.04.13.)
37. S. Suh Are services better for climate change? Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 2006 6555 6560 10.1021/es0609351
38. S. Suh, and G. Huppes Methods for Life Cycle Inventory of a product J. Clean. Prod. 13 2005 687 697 10.1016/j.jclepro.2003.04.001
39. F. Testa, F. Iraldo, M. Frey, and T. Daddi What factors influence the uptake of GPP (green public procurement) practices? New evidence from an Italian survey Ecol. Econ. 82 2012 88 96 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.07.011
40. M. Wackernagel, N.B. Schulz, D. Deumling, A.C. Linares, M. Jenkins, V. Kapos, C. Monfreda, J. Loh, N. Myers, R. Norgaard, and J. Randers Tracking the ecological overshoot of the human economy Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 99 2002 9266 9271 10.1073/pnas.142033699
41. T. Wiedmann, and J. Minx A definition of 'carbon footprint' C. C. Pertsova Ecological Economics Research Trends: Chapter 1 2008 Nova Science Publishers Hauppauge NY, USA 1 11 https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product-info.php?products-id=5999
42. T. Wiedmann, H.C. Wilting, M. Lenzen, S. Lutter, and V. Palm Quo Vadis MRIO? Methodological, data and institutional requirements for multi-region input-output analysis Ecol. Econ. 70 2011 1937 1945 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.06.014
43. World Bank Poverty and Inequality Database [WWW Document] 2013 World DataBank URL http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GAPS (accessed 12.12.13.)
44. WRI & WBCSD (World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development) The GHG Protocol for Project Accounting 2010
45. WRI (World Resource Insititute), WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) The GHG Protocol. A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard USA 2004
46. Q. Zhu, Y. Geng, and J. Sarkis Motivating Green Public Procurement in China: an individual level perspective J. Environ. Manag. 126 2013 85 95 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.009