Application of Green Purchasing Behaviour in Companies

DOI

10.2991/emt-19.2019.19How to use a DOI?

Keywords

green purchase, environmentally friendly products, supply chain, award criteria, products from sustainable resources

Abstract

This paper is aimed at the definition and description of the process of green purchasing and its application in companies. Green purchasing represents a purchase of environmentally friendly products and services and includes the selection of contractors and the setting of environmental requirements in a contract. In more detail the paper presents approaches and methods used by companies in selecting their suppliers, requirements for implementation of environmental management systems and selection criteria. Additionally, it provides examples of purchase of paper and wood products originating from sustainable resources.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nikola Slašťanová
AU  - Martina Krahulcová
AU  - Hubert Paluš
AU  - Tatiana Čorejová
AU  - Anna Križanová
PY  - 2019/05
DA  - 2019/05
TI  - Application of Green Purchasing Behaviour in Companies
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Management and Technology in Enterprises 2019 (EMT 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 102
EP  - 106
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emt-19.2019.19
DO  - 10.2991/emt-19.2019.19
ID  - Slašťanová2019/05
ER  -