Understanding the Fraud Risks in Green Public Procurement

Understanding the Fraud Risks in Green Public Procurement

When Tom Caulfield, CFE, CIG, CIGI, was commissioned to write a report on how to prepare a public procurement anti-corruption strategy for green public procurement, he initially didn’t know what green public procurement (GPP) was. His research revealed that, while the Basel Institute on Governance claims the term “green corruption,” there’s no universal definition of what green corruption entails. Thinking at first it involved mainly water and air pollution, he discovered that a more accurate definition is any corrupt or fraudulent act occurring in the procurement process that impacts the environment.

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