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National Seminar on Green Procurement in the Public Sector and Its Impact on the Green Supply Chain

With the objectives to promote awareness of Green Purchasing among participants from the government, business and consumers sectors, to promote among the business the need to comply with environmental standards imposed by major export markets (e.g. the USA, the EU and Japan) and to explore and discuss possible public policies and regulations relating to Green Purchasing, GPN Malaysia (GPNM), IGPN and the National Productivity Corporation (NPC) Malaysia, with support from and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM), help a National Seminar on Green Procurement in the Public Sector and Its Impact on the Green Supply Chain on 25th March 2008 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Programme

- Opening Session -
8:00am	Registration of Participants
8:45am	Official Opening Welcome speech by Y. Bhg Dato’ Nik Zainiah Nic Abd. Rahman, Director General、MPC Speech by Prof. Ryoichi Yamamoto, Chairman, IGPN Keynote Address by Y. Bhg. Datuk Mustafa Mansor, President, GPNM
9:30 - 10:00am	TEA BREAK
- Plenary Session - "Green Procurement in the Government Sector" Chairperson: Mr. Augustine Koh, Secretary General, GPNM
10:00am	Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change by Eco-Innovation and Green Purchasing : Prof. Ryoichi Yamamoto, Chairman, IGPN PDF 3.3MB
10:40am	Japan’s Green Purchasing Law and the reasons of Japan GPN’s success as well as the introduction : Mr Hiromi Mori, Secretary General, IGPN PDF : 8.7MB
11:10am	Role of Various Agencies & Organisations in Green Procurement and Green Supply Chains: Case of Taiwan : Dr Ning Yu, Chair, Green Purchasing Alliance, Taiwan PDF : 1.7MB
11:40am	Green Procurement / Purchasing in Korea : Mr Duk Seung Lee, Co-representative, Korean Green Purchasing Network (KGPN) PDF : 496KB
12:10am	Green Purchasing Activities of Osaka Gas : Mr Shoji Morino, Osaka Gas Co Ltd. PDF : 256KB
12:30 - 2:00pm	LUNCH
2:00 - 2:45pm	Eco-friendly Consumption: The Role of Manufactures and Consumers Consumers’ Association of Penang Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)
- Panel Discussion - "Future Policy Directions in Green Procurement and Purchasing" Chairperson: Y. Bhg. Dato’ Mustafa Mansor, President, GPNM
2:45pm	Strategies for GP Implementation in Malaysia Panel Members: Prof. Ryoichi Yamamoto, Chairman, IGPN Dr. Ning Yu, Chair, GPA Taiwan Mr. Hiromi Mori, Secretary General, IGPN, Japan Mr Shoji Morino (Osaka Gas Co. Ltd) Mr Duk Seung Lee, Co-representative (KGPN) Consumers’ Association of Penang Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
4:30pm	TEA BREAK / END OF SEMINAR