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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1 November 2016

New green public procurement case studies published by PRIMES

A wide-range of green public procurement (GPP) case studies covering diverse topics have been published on the PRIMES project website. Case studies on subjects such as the procurement of electricity, ...

27 October 2016

Norway changes procurement policy to prevent deforestation

Norway has passed legislation to ensure that it will no longer procure any products that contribute to the destruction of the rain forest, pledging to be a zero-deforestation country. The decision com...

25 October 2016

Rotterdam’s procurement activities profiled by GLCN

The procurement work of the City of Rotterdam (The Netherlands) has been outlined in a new profile produced by the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement. The profile outlines the Dutch c...

20 October 2016

Scottish Border Council promotes living wage and fair trade

The Scottish Border Council has adopted a new sustainable procurement charter, which sets out how the council will use its procurement activities to meet strategic objectives. The new charter aims to ...

19 October 2016

City of London will no longer purchase diesel vehicles

The City of London Corporation, the municipal governing body of the City of London (UK), has banned the purchase or hire of diesel vehicles within its vehicle fleet. The move is intended to promote be...

17 October 2016

Procura+ Seminar focuses on collaboration in SPP

The Procura+ Seminar gathered over 100 procurement practitioners and policy makers in Rome last week to discuss how sustainable public procurement and innovation procurement can be used to meet strate...

13 October 2016

London underground lowers lighting bill through new procurement approach

The iconic London Underground carries 1.34 billion passengers every year, and reliable lighting is crucial for keeping its 270 stations running smoothly. The maintenance costs of traditional fluoresce...

11 October 2016

Ghent’s sustainable procurement activities profiled by Global Lead Cities Network

A profile of the City of Ghent (Belgium) published by the Global Lead Cities Network on Sustainable Procurement outlines how the city’s Procurement Strategy allows it to use its purchasing power to ...

Enzkreis procures innovative energy efficiency solutions for public buildings

The German district of Enzkreis recently set out to refurbish the roof of a building at the Mühlacker Vocational School, which houses 16 workshops for apprentices in the metal industry. The main obje...

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