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To share the latest domestic and
international information on green purchasing and discuss its future
direction
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To announce the Green Purchasing
Sendai Declaration to the world, which serves as a guideline for
promoting green purchasing
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To establish a network that promotes
global collaboration on efforts towards green purchasing
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I would like to restate our hearty gratitude
for all those that have cooperated and participated in
the 1st International Conference on Green Purchasing in
Sendai. With more than 1,000 delegates including no less
than 120 people from 37 countries and regions across the
world, the conference was a great success.
We made a proposal to host an international conference
on green purchasing at a local government session organized
by ICLEI on the occasion of the Johannesburg Summit two
years ago. I was encouraged when I observed attentive
and intensive discussion at the sessions of the conference
in Sendai because it now proves that green purchasing
is a concern of the world.
The achievement of the conference, the Sendai Declaration
on Green Purchasing, was proclaimed with applause of many
delegates. The declaration includes the roles of citizens,
businesses, NGOs and public organizations, the necessity
of networking to promote green purchasing and a framework
for the world-wide promotion of green purchasing.
I believe the 1st International Conference on Green Purchasing
in Sendai made a solid step in promoting green purchasing.
Again, I appreciate all the contributions to the conference. |
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Hajimu Fujii,
Chair, Steering Committee of the 1st International Conference
on Green Purchasing in Sendai;
Mayor of Sendai
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| Dates: |
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October 6 - 7, 2004 |
| Place: |
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Sendai International Center, Japan |
| Organized by: |
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Sendai City
Green Purchasing Network (GPN), Japan
Steering Committee of the 1st International Conference
on Green Purchasing in Sendai |
| Supported by: |
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Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Asian Productivity Organization (APO)
Miyagi Prefecture |
| In cooperation with: |
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ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability
Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN)
Nippon Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations
and Employers' Associations) |
| In collaboration with: |
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United Nations Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (UNDESA)
United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) |
| Conference logo: |
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The conference logo was selected from
an open competition.The logo is based on the letter
G from green purchasing, and symbolizes the interchange
between the people who gather at the international
conference. |
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| Green Purchasing is the purchase of environmentally
preferable products or services, taking into consideration
the need, not only quality and price, from Environmentally
Conscious businesses. |
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| Steering Committee:The
Steering Committee of the 1st International Conference
on Green Purchasing in Sendai, presided by the Mayor of
Sendai was established on October, 2004. |
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Chair: |
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Hajimu Fujii, Mayor
of Sendai |
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Vice-Chairs: |
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Hideki Nakahara, Chair,
Green Purchasing Network (GPN), Japan, (Musashi Institute
of Technology)
Iwao Muramatsu, President, Sendai Chamber of Commerce
and Industry |
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Members: |
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Hiroshi Kamagata, Director, Environment
and Economy Division, Environment Policy Bureau, Ministry
of the Environment, Japan
Keiichi Aoki, Chair, Environmental
Network of "City of Trees"
Keiichi Nagamatsu, Managing Director,
Nippon Keidanren
Saburo Kato, Chair, Executive Board,
ICLEI Japan
Shigeya Haga, Vice-Chair, Tohoku Economic
Federation
Takuki Murayama, Director, Research
& Planning Department, Asian Productivity Organization
(APO)
Teruo Saito, Executive Director, Japan
Environment Association
Tokio Anzawa, Director, Natural Resource,
Energy and Environment Department, Tohoku Bureau of
Economy, Trade and Industry Bureau
Yoshiaki Nakamura, Director, Environmental
Industries Office, Industrial Science and Technology
Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry, Japan
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order
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International Board: |
| The International Board,
which consists of people who actively promote green purchasing
in their respective countries, was organized to play the
role of (1)giving advice as well as promoting the Conference,(2)participating
in the drafting of the Sendai Declaration and (3)promoting
international networking. |
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Chair: |
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Ryoichi Yamamoto, Green
Purchasing Network (GPN), Japan, (The University of Tokyo) |
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Co-Chairs: |
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Konrad Otto-Zimmermann,
ICLEI, World Secretariat |
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Members: |
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Chikako Takase, United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Christopher Browne, Environment Agency, UK
Christoph Erdmenger, ICLEI, European Secretariat
Conrad Young, London Business School, UK
Duk Seung Lee, Green Purchasing Network (GPN),
Korea
Herbert Aichinger, Directorate-General for the
Environment of European Commission (EC)
Holly Elwood, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
John Polak, TerraChoice, Canada
Kiyau Loo Lee, Green Purchasing Network Malaysia
Ning Yu, Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN)
Peter Nohrstedt, Ekologisk Hallbar Upphandling
(EKU), Sweden
Pongvipa Lohsomboon, Thailand Environment Institute
(TEI)
Raymond Leung, Environment and Development Foundation,
Taiwan
Scot Case, North American Green Purchasing Initiative
Seung-Sik Moon, Korea Environmental Labelling
Association (KELA)
Tak Hur, Konkuk University, Korea
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