Sustainable Procurement Platform

Sustainable Procurement Platform

Sustainable Procurement Platform

Procura+ Seminar 2025

On 9 & 10 October, the Procura+ community gathered in the Province of Zeeland for a seminar highlighting how public procurement can help public authorities accelerate and scale up social, sustainable, innovative and circular policies

New guidance document on circular procurement in cities

The guide outlines how circular considerations can be embedded into existing public procurement procedures, and lists circular criteria that have been used in tenders

Opportunity: two new EIC Innovation Procurement Programme opportunities

Two major European Innovation Council (EIC) projects, SPIN4EIC and InnoMatch, are offering the last calls for public administrations to strengthen their innovation procurement efforts

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS

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15 February 2012

Commission unveils plan to boost bio-based economy

Developing standards and labels for bio-based products are among 12 actions proposed by the European Commission as part of its bio-economy plan published on 13 February 2012. The strategy closely foll...

14 February 2012

Stakeholders invited to participate in EU GPP criteria revision for road signs

A study to inform the revision process of the existing EU GPP criteria for the product group of road construction and traffic signs is currently being launched by the Joint Research Centre's Institute...

13 February 2012

New briefing note looks at the link between public procurement and sustainable development

In collaboration with the Sustainable Consumption & Production Branch in UNEP, the Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC) is presenting a new briefing note on Sustainable Public Procurement (S...

9 February 2012

Common Fisheries Policy report says EU must overhaul fisheries eco-labelling

A key report on the future of European fisheries markets has called on the European Commission to establish a new higher standard for eco-labelling across all fisheries products sold in the EU. The au...

6 February 2012

Eco lighting project kicks off with new website

The ECO-LIGHTING consortium has launched a new website to mark the start of the project. The consortium is made up of industry representatives, NGOs, associations, and the Joint Research Centre of the...

1 February 2012

Philippine green procurement project to focus on environment-friendly products and services

A green public procurement project that will promote the use of environment-friendly products and services in the market was launched by different government agencies and other institutions in the Phi...

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...

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