AR-News: WW online discussion: purchasing power

[Mary Finelli]

Worldwatch Paper #166: Purchasing Power: Harnessing Institutional 
Procurement for People and the Planet

While the environmental movement has worked for decades to green the choices 
of individuals, it has often overlooked the world's biggest consumers and 
institutions. With large-scale, systematic approaches to purchasing, a 
single decision made by one group can have a tremendous ripple effect, 
influencing the products used by hundreds or even thousands of individuals.

Shifting just a portion of institutional spending away from harmful goods 
and services can benefit ecosystems and communities around the world. Green 
purchasing can send a powerful message to the market, and is a powerful tool 
for helping shift patterns of production and consumption towards 
sustainability.


Online Discussion: Purchasing Power - Can Savvy Institutional Buying Save 
our Planet?
Friday, July 25, 2003. 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT (1800 - 1900 GMT)

Join Lisa Mastny, author of Purchasing Power: Harnessing Institutional 
Procurement for People and the Planet, to discuss institutional green 
purchasing, the opportunities, the initiatives, and the returns.

Questions for this online discussion may be submitted at: 
www.worldwatch.org/live/chat/index.php?cid=82.

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