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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Former EU Commissioner Janez Potocnik to speak at 2024 Procura+ Conference

Janez Potocnik, Co-Chair of the UNEP International Resource Panel, will speak in the opening plenary of the 2024 Procura+ Conference on 13 March. The plenary will highlight the key role of public proc...

28 February 2024

Public procurement law should not limit sustainability

The EU legal framework for public procurement is changing and moving much more towards the use of mandatory requirements. That means in practice a shift from a focus on how to buy to what to buy. Will...

7 February 2024

Big Buyers Working together kicks off its Sustainable Solar CoP

On 16 January the Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) started its work with the Community of Practice (CoP) focusing on sustainable solar panels. The group consisting of RESAH (a public Central Purchas...

6 February 2024

Public Procurement transforms food systems

In the previous edition of the Procura+ Conference, public buyers called for minimum standards to transform food procurement into a critical lever for transitioning towards just, inclusive and sustain...

1 February 2024

Innovation procurement tackles complex societal challenges

Public procurers seek to work together with the market to find high quality, sustainable solutions to current challenges. But if the right solution is not yet on the market? Traditional approaches to ...

31 January 2024

Procura+ Conference highlights inspiring circular, sustainable and innovative public procurement practices

The programme of the 11th Procura+ Conference 2024, taking place from 13-14 March in Lisbon (Portugal) is shaping up to provide a diversity of perspectives on how green, social, innovation and circula...

30 January 2024

Procura+ Conference highlights how public procurement helps advance the circular transition

Public procurement is a key tool to turn waste into value. By adopting circular procurement practices, cities can not only minimise waste and environmental impact, but also stimulate innovation, creat...

26 January 2024

Public procurement contributes to sustainable urban development

To fulfil sustainable development requirements by 2040, around €86 trillion in infrastructure investment is required. Adopting a "business-as-usual" approach for this investment locks in patterns...

24 January 2024

Discover how public procurement can enable the just transition

The Procura+ Conference in Lisbon (13-14 March 2024) will showcase how Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP) can help enable the just transition. By using tenders to promote sustainable, fair...

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