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11 November 2014

Call for contributions: Procurers to influence textile labour conditions

Fair Wear Foundation, the independent, non-profit organisation that works with companies to improve labour conditions for textile workers, is currently seeking input from procurement officers for thei...

5 November 2014

Role of sustainable and innovative public procurement captured in Cities Today

The importance and potential of procurement of innovation and sustainable procurement is outlined in the latest edition of Cities Today magazine, in an article written by Mark Hidson, Deputy Regional ...

4 November 2014

Public procurement can play major role in promoting sustainable forestry, states paper

Through leading by example and advocating best practices, governments can help decrease the levels of illegal logging while promoting sustainable forestry, according to the paper Promoting Legal and S...

29 October 2014

Dutch tender increases energy savings and cuts costs in sewage treatment

Water Board Limburg (WBL) is responsible for the transport and treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater and the treatment of sludge in Limburg province (The Netherlands). In 2011, WBL tendered...

27 October 2014

Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan for the Mediterranean calls for contributions

A consultation platform that aims to make consumption and production in the Mediterranean region more sustainable is seeking ideas and suggestions. All input will feed into the newly developed Sustain...

23 October 2014

Survey commissioned to answer EC questions on GPP networking

The European Commission’s directorate general (DG) for Environment has commissioned a study to examine the feasibility of supporting a European green public procurement (GPP) network to exchange goo...

21 October 2014

Eight new case studies published by GPP2020 project

GPP 2020 aims to mainstream low-carbon procurement across Europe in support of the EU’s goal to achieve a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a 20 percent increase in the share of rene...

17 October 2014

Guidance document on supplying timber to the public sector now available in Spanish

The now-ended Sustainable Timber Action (STA) project’s guide Supplying timber to the public sector has been made available in Spanish, providing Hispanophone timber companies with useful advice on ...

15 October 2014

‘Healthy ageing’ solutions sought in tender published by European health care providers

Six health care purchasing bodies from five European countries have published a competitive tender, inviting companies to propose products and services that will aid the elderly. The solutions sought ...

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