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 December 2015

EU bans wasteful lamps in favour of efficient alternatives

The EU is helping to move the European market towards more energy efficient light bulbs by upholding a ban against a certain class of halogen lamps. Mains-voltage directional halogen lamps will be pha...

26 November 2015

Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement to hold Summit at COP21

Participants of the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement will showcase their achievements during their 1st Summit, to be held at COP21 in Paris (France). The event will be hosted in ICL...

25 November 2015

Bristol seeks public’s views on social spending targets

The City of Bristol (UK) has set new targets to spend 25 percent of its annual £300 million budget on social enterprises, including voluntary and community organisations and SMEs. The city council is...

19 November 2015

InnProBio invites procurers to share their experience of procuring bio-based products

The InnProBio team is inviting stakeholders to take a survey that will assess their experiences with public procurement of innovation (PPI) and with public procurement of innovative bio-based products...

18 November 2015

UAE shows support for sustainable procurement by joining global networks

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has joined two UN-led global networks aimed at supporting sustainable public procurement (SPP). The move will give the UAE access to a network of policy experts on SPP a...

13 November 2015

EU GPP Helpdesk webinar to focus on engaging the market

A webinar to discuss how public procurers can work with the market to develop more environmentally friendly solutions will be held by the EU GPP Helpdesk on 24 November 2015 between 14.30 and 16.00 CE...

11 November 2015

Barcelona invites cities to follow its lead on sustainable procurement

Public procurers from across Europe are gathering at the 2015 Procura+ Seminar in Barcelona (Spain) today to learn from the city’s experiences of using sustainable procurement to reduce its ecologic...

5 November 2015

French network produces video to promote sustainable public procurement

A new video to raise awareness about the environmental and economic benefits of Sustainable Public procurement (SPP) has been produced by Réseau Grand Ouest (R.G.O), a network representing local auth...

3 November 2015

Scottish Government encourages procurers to ask about treatment of workers

The Scottish government has released new procurement guidance that encourages public procurers to question the fairness of working practices within companies invited to bid for contracts. While the gu...

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