upphandling med klimatprofil

English translation: environmentally-friendly procurements

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Swedish term or phrase:upphandling med klimatprofil
English translation:environmentally-friendly procurements
Entered by: stephen mewes

11:48 Aug 4, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation
Swedish term or phrase: upphandling med klimatprofil
Viktiga insatsområden är att bidra till att bygga ut den miljöanpassade energiförsörjningen, arbeta för energieffektivisering och hushållning, satsa mer på kollektivtrafik och infrastruktur, klimatsmart planering och upphandling med klimatprofil.

'procuring climate profiles'? Sounds a bit Euro-gibberish to me!
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:01
environmentally-friendly procurements
Explanation:
http://www.google.com.ua/search?hl=uk&client=firefox-a&hs=pv...
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 06:01
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1environmentally-friendly procurements
Diarmuid Kennan
4environmentally-responsible purchasing/sustainable purchasing
Charles Ek
3purchase of climate techniques
Helena Grahn


  

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purchase of climate techniques


Explanation:
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Helena Grahn
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:01
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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environmentally-friendly procurements


Explanation:
http://www.google.com.ua/search?hl=uk&client=firefox-a&hs=pv...

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 06:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Roald Toskedal
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
environmentally-responsible purchasing/sustainable purchasing


Explanation:
Sure, the first one is a mouthful, but Google finds 156,000 hits for it at the first reference link. The variant "environmentally preferable purchasing" has 37,300 hits at http://tinyurl.com/28y67nr. "Sustainable purchasing" (which I prefer) has 82,800 hits at the second link.

The Responsible Purchasing Network has links to such policies in a compendium at http://www.responsiblepurchasing.org/purchasing_guides/all/p...

Example sentence(s):
  • "The UW does not have a policy governing the environmentally responsible purchasing of computers, while other peer institutions have recently adopted such policies."
  • "Sustainable purchasing demonstrates the City’s commitment to buying goods, materials, services, and capital improvements in a manner that reflects Seattle's core values of fiscal responsibility, social equity, community and environmental stewardship."

    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/3482zx7
    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/2uax3uv
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 01:01
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