Principle 1 - ISCN Purchasing and Waste (PW)

Indicator PW_2

Green purchases GPP Percentage of green goods purchased

Main goal

To reach the maximum amount of green goods possible; goods supplied in respect of a series of sustainable
guidelines

Description

The ecological management of public purchases (so-called Green Public Procurement), that consist including
environmental qualification criteria within the normal procedures for purchasing goods and services in the Public
Administration. There are innumerable advantages to an
environmentally-friendly purchase management:
environmental impact is minimised through the saving
and better management of resources; better quality is
obtained and security is increased. Moreover, another,
highly significant factor, is that companies are
encouraged to introduce product and process innovation, obtaining better environmental performance.

The PoliTO has joined the GPP (Ecological Public Purchases), which was established in 2003 with the technical
support of Arpa Piemonte- This group aims to bring awareness to the provincial purchasing and environment
offices, and support them in defining and integrating environmental criteria in purchasing more and more types of
products and services and guidelines for organisation of low environmental impact events.

The purchasing department of the Poltecnico di Torino mainly follows the APE protocol for the purchase of paper,
computer materials and other material assets (for the office), and cleaning products among other things.

Measurement

Calculation of the Percentage of purchased goods in the GPP

Data collection frequency: annual

Measurement unit: %

Data source

AQUI office

2013 2014 2015 2016

Copy paper: 98% Copy paper: 98% Copy paper: 98% Copy paper: 98%
IT equipment: 43% IT equipment: 44% IT equipment: 45% IT equipment: 47%

Notes:

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