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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS

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27 January 2012

Swedish government explores procurement of Health Care Electrical and Electronic Equipment

The Swedish government's expert body on environmental and sustainable procurement aspects- the Swedish Environmental Management Council (SEMCo), is currently responsible for developing EU GPP criteria...

25 January 2012

New and revised GPP criteria published

New EU GPP criteria for indoor lighting have just been published by the European Commission. The criteria address key environmental impacts such as, energy consumption, use of hazardous materials, pac...

23 January 2012

Irish government launches first green procurement plan

The Irish government has launched Ireland’s first action plan on green procurement, entitled Green Tenders, with the overall objective to assist public authorities in aiming for green public procure...

20 January 2012

UK councils pledge to implement sustainable timber product procurement

Councils across the UK are making a pledge to procure their forest products responsibly, as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) What Wood You Choose? campaign. Currently more than 1.5 million cu...

17 January 2012

Commission opens consultation on delivering more sustainable consumption and production

On 11 January the European Commission launched a new consultation on Sustainable Consumption and Production, including GPP measures. This consultation brings into focus key questions, which will infor...

16 January 2012

EU Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe to focus on improving efficiency in product life-cycle

The European Commission’s Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe seeks to outline how a more resource-efficient and low-carbon economy by 2020 can be achieved, with a strong focus on encouraging beh...

10 January 2012

Calculating carbon footprints for public procurement

The Finnish government has released a new report entitled, Carbon Footprint Calculators for Public Procurement, as part of an EU Life project, Julia2030. Several municipalities in the Helsinki region ...

Public procurement saves millions in districts in the UK

Warwick District Council together with seven other local authorities in the UK has been recognised for saving £4.5million of public money in a national award for outstanding procurement performance. ...

19 December 2011

Commission explores methodology for calculating environmental footprint of products

Product environmental footprint is a way of measuring the environmental performance of a good or service over its life-cycle. It aims to give an account of the most relevant impacts of that product, b...

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