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22 January 2013

Reykjavík encourages ecolabel certification for cleaning products through green public procurement

Chemicals in cleaning products pose harm to human health and the environment. To address this long standing public concern, the Government of Reykjavík (Iceland) launched the Green Cleaning Programme...

17 January 2013

Baltic GPP project pilots sustainable procurement approaches

The Baltic GPP project, which aims to increase the level and uptake of GPP in the Baltic Sea Region through capacity building, will pilot early market engagement, the use of Life-Cycle costing, and CO...

16 January 2013

Clean Fleets project to help organisations procure clean and efficient vehicles

A new project funded by the European Commission Intelligent Energy Initiative aims to help public authorities and fleet operators implement the Clean Vehicles Directive (CVD). Throughout the lifetime ...

11 January 2013

MEPs argue public procurers should look beyond lowest cost in awarding bids

Internal market MEPs have rejected the idea that public procurement contracts should go purely to the lowest cost bidder, believing they should be awarded to the most “advantageous” bidder, assess...

CoR seeks significant changes to Procurement Directive draft

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) has roundly criticised the revised Procurement Directive draft, calling it “difficult to understand and extraordinarily detailed” and opining that new additions ...

Phone survey reveals greater information and training on GPP needed to increase uptake

A recent EU LIFE+ funded survey of purchasing managers in Italy has identified factors that influence adoption of Green Public Procurement (GPP), and suggests that a broad knowledge of GPP is key to i...

27 December 2012

Austrian Procurement Agency opts for TCO Certified IT equipment

Austria’s Federal Procurement Agency (BBG) has announced that a major procurement for notebooks and tablets, scheduled for 2013, will include sustainability requirements based on certification label...

20 December 2012

Call for submission of bids to host the the 9th EcoProcura Conference 2014

ICLEI – Local Governments for sustainability are inviting European cities to submit a bid to host the 2014 edition of the EcoProcura conference. The ninth in the series, the conferences seek to gene...

18 December 2012

New publication explores public and private sector procurement in Brazil

A new publication on sustainable procurement, Sustainable Procurement: the power of public and private consumption for a green and inclusive economy, has been released in Portuguese. The publication h...

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