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Inter-Agency
Procurement Services Office (UN IAPSO): handles
minimum standards for supplier contracts. Also provides statistical
information on UN procurement as well as general
conditions for procurement contracts. It also provides
a link to specific agency
requirements for bidding.
UNEP
Sustainable Procurement has a good description of
socially and environmentally responsible procurement and discusses
the actions of its working group on the issue.
Business
for Social Responsibility (BSR): has published many
papers dealing with the issue of procurement that address
both social and environmental aspects of the issue. Examples
of such papers include:
World
Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD),
based in Switzerland, also publishes numerous studies on this
issue.
Strengthening
the Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Global
Supply Chains. published by the World Bank in in October
2003.
Starbucks
Coffee has recently introduced a Supplier Code of
Conduct that illustrates some of the recent for-profit efforts
in this area.
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