Harnessing Public Procurement for the Green Transition

Israel

Framework, scope, action-plans

In Israel, Government decision No. 1057 – "Green government" and its correction - Government decision No. 5090, direct all ministries to lessen its use of water, energy, fuels and paper, as well as consider environmental issues in its procurement. The legal framework on GPP was last revised in 2012.

Implementation

Government decision No.1418 stipulates that government ministries will not purchase disposable tableware. Regarding office equipment, at least 20% of each ministry's expenditure on office equipment must be by "green tenders". Furthermore, at least 50% of all paper used by any ministry must be recycled or from sustainable sources.

Israel has adopted targets for specific purchasing categories: According to government decision No. 5090, at least 20% of each ministry's expenditure on office equipment must be done through "green tenders".

The administrative Code States that when defining minimum compliance criteria for a contract ‘’sustainability requirements’’ can be specified. An Israeli standard or another international standard recognised for purposes of these Regulations by the Ministry of Environmental Protection can also be used as reference to specify the minimum level of compliance.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection has issued several product pages describing the environmental impacts of the product or service required and enumerates possible detailed requirements for reducing these impacts, references for testing them, and their impact on cost throughout the product life cycle.

Measurement and impact

Contracting authorities in Israel report through excel files, emails, or paper-based forms. All government ministries had to submit the required information to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The ministry had monitored the data and published annual reports that were uploaded to the ministry's website. Since 2014, no date has been collected.