The Federal Constitution of 18 April 1999 makes sustainable development a long-term objective of the national policy: The Swiss Confederation strives to promote sustainable development and to secure the long-term preservation of natural resources and a just and peaceful international order. (...) The federal government should set an example in its own consumer behaviour by respecting social, economic, health and environmental factors in meeting its needs for goods, services and construction works. Therefore it needs to procure goods, services and construction works meeting a high standard of social, economic and environmental demands throughout their entire lifetime.

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