IGPN - International Green Purchasing Network

Category Name

International Network

Council Members

Ryoichi Yamamoto
(IGPN Honorary Consultant)

Professor Emeritus,
The University of Tokyo.
http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html
Hideki Nakahara
(IGPN Honorary Chair)

Emeritus Professor,
Tokyo City University
http://www.tcu.ac.jp/english/index.html
Senior Fellow,
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
http://www.iges.or.jp/en/index.html
Yanping CHEN
(IGPN Chair)



Mark Hidson
(IGPN Vice Chair)

Deputy Regional Director,
Director of ICLEI's Global Sustainable Procurement Centre.
http://www.iclei-europe.org/
Scot Case

Vice President,
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability,
National Retail Federation (NRF)
https://nrf.com/

Yasushi UMEDA

Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, School of
Engineering, University of Tokyo
Chairman,
Green Purchasing Network Japan (GPN).
http://www.gpn.jp/English/
Augustine Koh

Secretary General,
Green Purchasing Network Malaysia (GPNM).
http://www.gpnm.org/
Insoo JEON

Secretary General,
Korean Green Purchasing Network (KGPN).
National Council of the Green Consumer Network in Korea(KGCN).
http://www.gpn.or.kr/html2/
Prasad Modak

Executive President & Chairperson,
Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation.
https://www.ekonnect.net

Advisory Board Members

David le Blanc

Senior Sustainable Development Officer,
Division for Sustainable Development,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN-DESA).
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/index.html
Farid Yaker

Programme Officer,
Economic and Trade Policy Unit
Economy Division
United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.org
Christopher Browne

Chief Procurement Officer,
The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
ZHANG Xiaodan

Expert
Kazuhiro Okuma Director,
Environment and Economy Division,
Ministry of the Environment (MOE),
Japan.
http://www.env.go.jp/en/
Sylvie Lemmet

Director,
European and International Affairs,
Ministry of the Environment, Envergy and the Sea
http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/
Chaiyod Bunyagidj

Vice president,
Thai Sustainable Consumption and Production
Network
http://www.thaiscp.net
Dana Peterson

Senior Analyst,
Business & Communities Team,
Ministry for the Environment,
New Zealand.
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/
Julie Shannon

Branch Chief,
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
http://www.epa.gov/

Chin-yuan CHEN

Senior Advisor,
Environment Development Foundation
http://www.edf.org.tw/English/index.asp
Nick Liu

Manager,
Sustainable Purchaser Engagement, Asia Region,
TCO Development.
https://tcocertified.com/

As of August 2016

Green Purchasing Networks

[Japan]
Green Purchasing Network (GPN)

http://www.gpn.jp

[Korea]
Korea Green Purchasing Network (KGPN)

http://www.gpn.or.kr

[Malaysia]
Green Purchasing Network Malaysia (GPNM)

http://www.gpnm.org/

[Thailand]
Thailand Green Purchasing Network (TGPN)

http://www.tei.or.th

[China]
China Green Purchasing Network (CGPN)

http://www.mepcec.com
http://www.cgpn.org/

[India]
Green Purchasing Network India (GPNI)

http://www.ekonnect.net

[Vietnam]
Vietnam Green Purchasing Network (GPNV)

http://www.gpn.vn/

[China Hong Kong SAR]
Green Council

https://www.greencouncil.org/

[Singapore]
Green Purchasing Network Singapore

http://sec.org.sg/

[Taiwan, China]
Green Purchasing Alliance

http://greenliving.epa.gov.tw

[The Philippines]
Green Purchasing Alliance Philippines

http://www.pcepsdi.org.ph/gpam-1.html

Associate member

Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN)

http://www.globalecolabelling.net/

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

http://www.iisd.org/

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