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UN Sustainable Development Goals

GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Organizations relating to Purchasing, Supplying

Licensing Executives Society International / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1973
Asia Pacific Franchise Confederation / Pasig City, Philippines / Est. 1998
European Committee of Environmental Technology Suppliers Associations / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1999
International Cost Institute / Buenos Aires, Argentina / Est. 1987
Alliance for Affordable Internet / Washington DC, USA / Est. 2013
International Green Purchasing Network / Tokyo, Japan / Est. 2005
International Coalition of Library Consortia / Atlanta GA, USA / Est. 1997
Nuclear Suppliers Group / Est. 1975
Sedex / London, UK / Est. 2004
Earthworm Foundation / Nyon, Switzerland / Est. 1999
European Institute of Purchasing Management / Archamps, France / Est. 1990
Affordable Medicines for Africa / Houghton, South Africa
International Memorialization Supply Association / Milwaukee WI, USA / Est. 1955
Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers International / Santa Ana CA, USA / Est. 1994
Imaging Supplies Coalition for International Intellectual Property Protection / Venice FL, USA
BEMA - The Baking Industry Suppliers Association / Overland Park KS, USA / Est. 1918
International Centre for Social Franchising / London, UK / Est. 2011
Asian Licensing Association / Kowloon, Hong Kong
International Wool Study Group / Est. 1947
Federación Panamericana de Ingenieria Económica y de Costos / Detroit MI, USA
International Federation of Purchasing / Est. 1965
European Franchising Federation / Est. 1972
African Leasing Association / Est. 1995
European Fast Reactor Associates
East African Industrial Licensing Council / Est. 1953
International Committee of Purchasing / Est. 1964
International Public Procurement Association
Pan-American Confederation for Suppliers of the Graphics Industry / Reston VA, USA
Global Free Software Organization
Procurement and Supply Institute of Asia / Makati, Philippines / Est. 2002
Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association
World Healthcare Forum Foundation / The Hague, Netherlands / Est. 2012
OPEC Economic Commission Board / Vienna, Austria / Est. 1964
European Supply Chain Forum / Eindhoven, Netherlands
Professional Pricing Society / Marietta GA, USA / Est. 1984
International Network of M and A Partners / Des Moines IA, USA / Est. 1971
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply / Stamford, UK
European Convention of Library Suppliers and Information Providers / Amersfoort, Netherlands
International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain
Community-COST Concertation Agreement on a Concerted Action Project in the Field of Treatment and Use of Sewage Sludge / Est. 1979
Agreement Relating to the Naval and Air Bases Leased to the United States of America / Est. 1941
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures / Est. 1979
Convention of Mutual Assistance in Respect of the Collection of the Turnover Tax, the Purchase Tax and other Similar Taxes / Est. 1964
UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services / Vienna, Austria / Est. 1994
Community-COST Concertation Agreement on a Concerted Action Project on the Effects of Processing on the Physical Properties of Foodstuffs / Est. 1980
Community-COST Concertation Agreement on a Concerted Action Project in the Field of Analysis of Organic Micro-pollutants in Water / Est. 1980
Protocol Concerning National Treatment in the Award of Public Works Contracts and the Purchase of Goods / Est. 1956
UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods and Construction / Vienna, Austria / Est. 1993
Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1999
International Natural Rubber Agreement on Price Stabilisation / Est. 1976

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World Problems relating to Purchasing, Supplying

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Prohibitive cost of farm labour
Intergovernmental failure to fulfil financial commitments
High interest rates
Lack of adequate clothing supply for little people and large people
Unexplored supplier options
Prohibitive cost of abortion
Remote purchasing
Prohibitive administrative overhead costs for aid
Competitive acquisition of arms
Instability of freshwater supply
Vulnerability of land-locked countries
Famine
Instability of the commodities trade
Shortage of fresh-water
Theft
Counter-productive price supports and subsidies
Overexploitation of underground water resources
Book censorship
Manipulation of transfer prices by transnational corporations
Excessive growth of social expenditure
Prohibitive cost of necessities in rural communities
Inadequate protein supply
Inadequate energy supply infrastructure
Dubious energy budget of nuclear power plants
Denial of rights to wounded military personnel

Action Strategies relating to Purchasing, Supplying

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

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Overcharging
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Providing reproductive health counselling for adolescents
Protesting hidden costs of free trade
Granting observer status
Renting services
Obtaining legal status for natural populations
Establishing transferable pollution rights
Capturing environmental value
Using cost-benefit analysis
Assessing costs and financing to ensure integrated and adequate provision of environmental infrastructure
Assessing costs to support sustainable construction industry activities
Providing alternatives to informal land supply
Achieving equitable geographic distribution of intergovernmental procurement
Ensuring full cost recovery for infrastructure services
Assessing costs and financing to improve urban health
Assessing financing costs of sustainable development
Modelling cost and effectiveness of alternative health strategies
Assessing costs to strengthen settlements planning in disaster-prone areas

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