Press Release

February 04, 2011
  • Environmental Policy

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

Under the Law concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities (Law on Promoting Green Purchasing), the MOE of Japan has announced that the revision of the Basic Policy for Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services is approved at the Cabinet Meeting.
In this revision, 5 items including "Projectors" and "Installation of vending machines for beverages", are added to the list of designated procurement items and 48 evaluation criteria are revised. As a result, total number of designated procurement items is now 261 in 19 fields.

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