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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5 November 2020

Big Buyers share key insights on successful collaboration for sustainable procurement

After one year of collaboration, the public procurers who participated in the three working groups of the Big Buyers Initiative (BBI) presented key takeaways and results at a final event on 23 October...

3 November 2020

BELT project featured infographic on new EU energy labelling

A new energy efficiency labelling system is being introduced in all EU countries. Starting in March 2021, it will progressively be rolled out to 9 product categories.

30 October 2020

A Daring City - listen to Malmö’s ambitions, challenges and approach

The current Chair of the Procura+ European Sustainable Procurement Network featured on Daring Cities podcast. The episode explores how the Scandinavian city has plans to form Europe’s first cros...

27 October 2020

Daring cities use their public procurement power to tackle the climate crisis

Cities around the world commit to leveraging their purchasing power to reduce carbon emissions at Daring Cities - the global virtual forum for urban leaders boldly tackling the climate emergency.

26 October 2020

EWRC highlights the power of sustainable procurement

The workshop “The Power of Sustainable Procurement” held on 14 October in the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities, highlighted how sustainable procurement is increasingly ...

23 October 2020

New report on major challenges and success stories in public procurement of nature-based solutions

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) can be a powerful tool for cities dealing with contemporary sustainability challenges such as the degradation of natural capital and ecosystem services, vulnerability to c...

22 October 2020

Procura+ Participant Malmö awarded title of EU Fair and Ethical Trade City

Congratulations to the City of Malmö (Sweden), current Chair of the Procura+ Network and ICLEI member and Portfolio holder ‘Sustainable local economy and Procurement’ of ICLEI’s...

20 October 2020

Cities endorse the Mannheim Message

The Mannheim Message, a collective response by cities to the European Green Deal, was finalised by European Mayors on 21 September 2020 and was formally presented to the European Commission on 1 Octob...

16 October 2020

130 European Mayors commit to green, smart and inclusive recovery at the Intelligent Cities Challenge’s Mayors’ Summit

Wednesday 14th October 2020 marked a milestone in European cities’ political commitment to build greener, digital, and more resilient economies.

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