The goal of the United Nations (UN) is to gradually become climate neutral and environmentally sustainable, as described in ‘Greening the Blue’. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) aims to achieve this goal by, first, initiating a dialogue with suppliers and manufacturers and, second, setting requirements to which they must adhere. UNFPA will introduce the environmental component into procurement with the aim of safeguarding a sustainable environment.

 

Specific environment goals are described in this Green Procurement Strategy (In French and In Spanish). It outlines (a) the environmental focus areas for which UNFPA would like to set up requirements and (b) the process through which suppliers are expected to demonstrate that they meet these requirements. To make improvements, suppliers can exercise influence in four parts of their organisation: at the site level (operation of site and production), in their own supply chain, in their products and in relation to end users.