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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS

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7 November 2012

New report makes the case for green public procurement as a means to drive growth

A report detailing the link between public procurement and green growth, and featuring a collection of international Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) and innovation case studies, has been publishe...

2 November 2012

Guidelines focus on Chain of Custody systems in South East Asian countries

A new guide outlines measures to achieve credible timber certification in Association of South East Asian (ASEAN) countries. A particular emphasis is placed on Chain of Custody (CoC) procedures, a met...

31 October 2012

Conference to explore the role of cities in promoting Fair Trade movement

The 6th International Fair Trade Towns Campaign Conference will take place in Poznan (Poland) from 10 - 11 November 2012, under the patronage of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office ...

25 October 2012

Study on global public procurement to be presented at ISEAL Alliance workshop

The ISEAL Alliance, the global association for sustainability standards, will hold a one day workshop on 30 October 2012 in London (United Kingdom) to unveil the findings of recently conducted researc...

24 October 2012

Abu Dhabi embraces sustainable procurement

The application of sustainable procurement is seeing a surge in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), as many government and private organisations aim to cut energy consumption and lower emissions. Sustai...

19 October 2012

New DVD added to LANDMARK’s touring Multimedia Exhibition

EcoProcura 2012 saw the launch of the LANDMARK project Multimedia Exhibition, which looks at how social responsibility can be achieved throughout public sector supply chains with a focus on how to ver...

17 October 2012

EC calls for contributors to draft GPP criteria for waste water infrastructure

Interested stakeholders are invited to contribute to a European Commission document proposing green public procurement (GPP) criteria for the tendering of waste water infrastructure works. The draft c...

16 October 2012

New GPP brochure and translated Buying Green! Handbook provide sustainable guidance

Since January 2010, the European Commission has developed examples of GPP in practice to illustrate how European public authorities have successfully launched ‘green’ tenders. The examples illustr...

Energy efficiency directive receives European Parliament backing

The European Parliament is supporting the European Commission’s ambitious energy efficiency directive, which sets member states the target of improving energy efficiency by 20 percent across the boa...

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