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Experience sharing forum
The Green Procurement Online Sharing Forum was co-organized by the Environmental Protection Department and the Hong Kong Productivity Council on 30 November 2020. Green Procurement means purchasing green products and services with higher recycled content, less packaging, greater durability and greater energy and water efficiencies, so as to protect the environment and save natural resources, with a view to achieving the goals of resources saving and carbon reduction. With the main theme of "Adopting Green Procurement for Saving Resources and Carbon Reduction", this forum aimed to share experience on green procurement among different stakeholders, including government departments, trade associations, professional bodies and enterprises. This could help promote wider adoption of green procurement in the whole community. The forum attracted over 180 participants from different parties.
Environmental Protection Department and Hong Kong Productivity Council have jointly organised the Green Procurement Forum 2018 (the Forum) on 22 March 2018. In view of Hong Kong’s latest challenges in waste reduction and recycling, the Forum has adopted “Waste Reduction at Source, Avoid Single-use Disposable Items, Green Procurement and Recycling” as the main theme. Through sharing from representatives of various business sectors, government officials and green procurement expertise about good practices in waste reduction and recycling via green procurement, the Forum aimed to enlist wider community support to green procurement so as to help alleviating Hong Kong’s pressure on waste reduction.
Environmental Protection Department and Hong Kong Productivity Council jointly organised an experience sharing forum on 14 December 2015 to promote wider adoption of green procurement in the community. Government officials, experts and trade practitioners shared their knowledge, experiences and good practices in the field. Over 230 participants from trade and industry associations, professional bodies, private companies, tertiary institutes and quasi-government organisations attended the forum.
Training Workshops
Upon completion of the expansion of the existing green procurement list to 183 items, four online training workshops were organised on 20 and 22 January 2021, and 15 and 22 December 2021 to disseminate the latest green procurement trend and amendments on the green procurement list (e.g. green specifications, green purchase tips, etc.) to procurement staff and other representatives from the relevant bureaux / departments. In addition to the information sharing, the participants also discussed the practical situations in adopting green procurement in their daily operation.
