MANILA - The Procurement Service (PS), the purchasing arm of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), has convened a committee tasked to pursue and implement "Green Public Procurement (GPP)" in the Philippine government. In a news release on Sunday, PS-DBM executive director Dennis Santiago said the establishment of an Inter-Agency Technical Specifications Review Committee (IATSCR) will allow the agency to assess, review and evaluate existing Common-Use Supplies and Equipment (CSE) Technical Specifications to adhere to and comply with local and international standards. CSEs, which are items essential to the government's daily operations, include ballpens, papers, staplers, paper clips and folders that are procured from the PS-DBM on a quarterly basis. The IATSCR will also take into account the environmental, social and economic aspects of public acquisition, alongside Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 on Responsible Consumption and Production. "The establis