Green procurement, according to Wikipedia is a spending and investment process typically associated with public policy where organizations practicing sustainable procurement meet their needs for goods, services, utilities and works not on a private cost-benefit analysis, but with a view to maximising net benefits for themselves and the wider world. Examples of green procurement range from the purchase of energy-saving light-bulbs to the commissioning of a new building from renewably sourced timber via organic food being served in a workplace canteen. The ultimate green procurement is the avoidance of the purchase altogether.

Green procurement has been implicitly expressed in South Africa?s legislation and some provinces are keen to implement it in procurements. Unfortunately however, it was noted that since green procurement has not been explicitly stated as a law in South Africa, most procurement officials do not see it as mandatory and therefore do not take it seriously especially in local government.

Through this article, I advocate for this law to be further implemented from the national to local government levels so as to to be at par with other countries that practice green procurement.