Press Release

February 05, 2010
  • Environmental Policy

Revision of the Basic Policy for the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services

The Basic Policy for the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services is based on Clause 1, Article 6 of the Law concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities (Law on Promoting Green Purchasing). Designated procurement items and their evaluation criteria provided in the Basic Policy are to be revised from time to time in order to further shift the demand on items contributing to environmental load reduction.
On February 5, 2010, the revision of the Basic Policy is approved in the Cabinet Meeting. In this revision, 11 items are added to the list of designated procurement items while 1 item is excluded and 52 evaluation criteria and so on are revised.

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