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Apple rejoins environmental product registry

Tech giant Apple have rejoined a prominent “green” certification programme after customer outcry prompted the company to rethink its decision to withdraw. Bob Mansfield, vice-president of hardware...

Copenhagen named European Green Capital 2014

Copenhagen (Denmark) has won the European Green Capital award for 2014. The Danish capital was awarded the prestigious title by EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik in early June. The award jur...

Consultation process sees revised list of resource efficiency indicators

The European Commission is currently consulting on a revised list of indicators that will be used to measure the overall resource efficiency of the European Union. The consultation period will end on ...

Olympic sustainable procurement helped by early planning

Early planning and setting challenge targets was key to successfully making the construction of olympic venues sustainable according to the recently released report Learning Legacy: Lessons learned fr...

Analysis of procurement directives reform published

A recent article, available on the Sustainable Procurement Resource Centre, outlines the issues arising from the European Council’s publishing of its proposed compromise text for a new public sector...

New standard for responsible purchasing released

The AFNOR group has published a new standard for responsible purchasing titled NF X 50-135, drawing on the regulations set out in the 2010 published standard ISO 2600. The new standard seeks to answer...

ISEAL project to improve use of sustainability standards in emerging economies

A new three-year project aims to increase the use of sustainability standards in sustainable public procurement (SPP), particularly in emerging economies. Developed by the ISEAL Alliance – global as...

Procura+ founding Member receives Diamond Purchase Award for Sustainability

On 30 May this year, Barcelona City Council was awarded first prize in the Sustainability category and second prize in Public Sector Procurement category for their More Sustainable City Council progra...

Sustainable Public Procurement in the Sao Paulo State Government: An in-depth Case Study

The Trade Knowledge Network (TKN) is a global collaboration of research institutions across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas coordinated by the International Institute for Sustainable Development...

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