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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS

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5 December 2013

Study dispels myth environmental management systems used to falsely boost green credentials

Researchers have found that companies that adopt environmental management systems (designed to help reduce businesses’ environmental impacts) generally have greater sustainability, and that such sys...

3 December 2013

INNOCAT invites organisations to join eco-catering buyers groups

Public and private organisations looking for ways to reduce the environmental impact of their catering are invited to join the INNOCAT project Buyers Groups. The groups will issue tenders for the proc...

28 November 2013

Vaxjo pushes for rigorous sustainability criteria

The City of Vaxjo (Sweden) has implemented strict new sustainability criteria in their procurement activities, aiming to inspire others in Sweden to do likewise. Most recently, the city has enacted fa...

26 November 2013

The rewards of measuring success in sustainable procurement

The need to understand and measure the outcomes of sustainability initiatives and their contribution to an organisation is increasingly important for those engaged in sustainable procurement. EcoBuy, ...

21 November 2013

German Federal Environment Agency website aims to make green procurement easier

The new website of the German Federal Environment Agency has been launched, featuring a wide-range of information on effectively carrying out green public procurement. The website offers interested vi...

19 November 2013

Australian Government sets out case for sustainable procurement, resource efficiency

The Australian Government has produced a series of informative publications on using sustainable procurement in the purchase of services, and methods to increase resource efficiency. The Guide for sus...

14 November 2013

UGAP aims to enhance social causes through procurement activities

The Union of Public Purchasing Groups (UGAP), the French public procurement centre operating under the supervision of the Ministries of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Education, has redevelop...

13 November 2013

Procura+ seminar looks at protecting forests by making them valuable to communities

Putting an economic value on forests that benefit biodiversity and local communities through developing markets for legal and sustainable tropical timber, and by doing so removing the incentive for un...

12 November 2013

Latest news on sustainable procurement from ICLEI out now

The November edition of the Sustainable Procurement Update has just been published and is full of information on new resources and opportunities for procurement, as well as capacity building and netwo...

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