グリーン購入を国際的に普及させるために2005年に設立された国際グリーン購入ネットワーク（IGPN）は、日本を含めアジアの11カ国・地域にあるグリーン購入ネットワーク組織をつなぎ、情報共有を図っています。
情報共有の一環として、定期的にNews letterを発行しています。News letterでは、世界のSPP（サステナブル公共調達）の動向や各国GPNの活動状況を掲載しており、第18号が今月発行されました。
日本からは、３月に開設した「見つパック」ウェブサイトを紹介しています。どうぞご覧ください。

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■第18号の内容
MEMBER UPDATES
　・China Green Purchasing Network: Thematic conference held to enable the green and high-quality development in textiles industry
　・Japan Green Purchasing Network: Opened "find pack," a database of food products in environmentally friendly containers and packaging!
　・Thailand Green Purchasing Network : Thailand supports Bhutan and Lao PDR to develop Type I ecolabel certification scheme
　・Thailand Green Purchasing Network : Reinforces a leading organization in the environment through the campaign “Ma-Rak-Kan (Let's conserve) for 　・Sustainable Production and Consumption with Green Label”
　・Green Council: International Expert Workshop of the One Planet Network Flagship Initiative-Mainstreaming Circularity in the Construction Sector Leveraging the Power of Public Procurement ony

Green Council: Global Forum on Buildings and Climate 7-8 March 2024 in Paris
　・TCO Development: Report Generator empowers organizations to track and target critical IT sustainability issues
　・ICLEI: Public buyers take concrete steps toward sustainable & circular transformations at Procura+ Conference 2024
    
GLOBAL UPDATES ON SPP
　・10YFP Advancing the Sustainable Consumption and Production Agenda at the 6th UN Environment Assembly
　・International expert workshop of the One Planet Network Flagship Initiative: Mainstreaming Circularity in the Construction Sector Leveraging the Power of Public Procurement
　・Call For Proposals: Promoting Ecolabels and Sustainable Public Procurement In the Building and Construction Sector
　・EPA Proposes Criteria to Improve Carbon Emissions Reporting of Construction Materials Under New Label Program
    
IGPN FOCUS
　・IGPN Initiative Update: Pilot Testing of Green Purchasing Network Measurement Methodology Development