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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS

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Reference to green public procurement in Commission’s 7EAP toned down

The European Commission should propose an environmental inspection law, increase its waste ambitions and drive sustainable land use through targets and impact assessments, according to the European Pa...

Can procurement managers look beyond ISO14001?

Chris Large of the Guardian Newspaper explores the question of how do you tell if a business is environmentally responsible? For many procurement teams this boils down to one question – does the bu...

Public procurement to benefit youth in Kenya

The Kenyan Government has committed to ensuring that 10 percent of all Government procurement be allocated to the youth to further empower them. President Mwai Kibaki also directed the Attorney Genera...

28 February 2012

US Presidential memorandum calls for increased federal procurement of bio-based products

On 21 February US President Barack Obama signed a memorandum entitled 'Driving Innovation and Creating Jobs in Rural America through Biobased and Sustainable Product Procurement.' The BioPreferred Pro...

24 February 2012

Western Cape Province sees sustainable procurement as key to becoming green economic hub

The Western Cape Province (South Africa) has announced its plans to become the “green economic hub” of South Africa by encouraging renewable energy. The comments were made Premier of the province,...

21 February 2012

Greater London Authority releases procurement report

The Greater London Authority (GLA) has released a report entitled, Delivering Responsible Procurement, which documents the impressive progress made by the Authority in the past three and a half years....

15 February 2012

Commission unveils plan to boost bio-based economy

Developing standards and labels for bio-based products are among 12 actions proposed by the European Commission as part of its bio-economy plan published on 13 February 2012. The strategy closely foll...

14 February 2012

Stakeholders invited to participate in EU GPP criteria revision for road signs

A study to inform the revision process of the existing EU GPP criteria for the product group of road construction and traffic signs is currently being launched by the Joint Research Centre's Institute...

13 February 2012

New briefing note looks at the link between public procurement and sustainable development

In collaboration with the Sustainable Consumption & Production Branch in UNEP, the Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC) is presenting a new briefing note on Sustainable Public Procurement (S...

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