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UK government to use GPP to help meet sustainable development goals

Green Public Procurement (GPP) will form a major component of the UK government’s new sustainable development plan for the country, according to a document recently released by the Department for th...

Blue Angel eco-label celebrates 35 years

This year the Blue Angel, the German-wide label that identifies environmentally friendly products, celebrates its 35th anniversary. The label helped the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundes...

Nordic countries embrace GPP as means to spur green growth, innovation

Nordic Prime Ministers have identified GPP as an essential means to encourage green growth, citing that public procurement of goods and services in the region amounts to 16 - 20 percent of GDP. In an ...

Recycled materials save US authorities billions in road construction

Sustainable highway and road construction practices saved US authorities billions of dollars and an estimated 21.2 million barrels of virgin liquid asphalt binder in 2011, according to a recent survey...

EC consults stakeholders on effectiveness of energy label and ecodesign directives

The European Commission has started an evaluation process to determine the effectiveness of the Energy Labelling Directive and specific aspects of the Ecodesign Directive. The evaluation will provide ...

Green procurement tools, information and support available on Buy Smart+ website

Public authorities and private companies looking for support with green procurement can find free consultation services and information on the website of the Buy Smart+ project. Funded by Intelligent ...

UNEP supports sustainable procurement with international initiative and global clearinghouse

Governments are increasingly turning to Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) as a means to achieve environmental, social, and economic goals. However, the level of knowledge needed to effectively enac...

Addressing the key issues in ‘clean’ vehicle procurement

The Clean Fleets user needs assessment, a thorough analysis conducted by the Clean Fleets project to see what support public authorities and fleet operators require to implement the Clean Vehicles Dir...

GPP 2020 project on low-carbon procurement kicks off in Freiburg

The GPP 2020 project kicked off in Freiburg (Germany) from 7 – 8 May 2013, with project partners from across Europe gathering and plunging right into work: reducing C02 emissions through Green Publi...

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