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French cuisine in 2022: 50% of food in canteens must be sustainable

“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine thy food” – this well-known quote by Hippocrates seems to become reality in France. Earlier this year, the French Ministry of Agriculture and ...

Boring no more! Procurement key topic at URBAN FUTURE Conference

The URBAN FUTURE global conference is dedicated exclusively to CityChangers – decision makers who actively, passionately and effectively make cities more sustainable. In 2019 the event wil...

Changing the (product-service) system

“The future is not in low cost production. In making things with finite components. The future is in providing services that then materialise in products, instead of the other way round. Product...

BuyZET project: final conference on zero emission vehicle procurement

The BuyZET project is glad to announce that the BuyZET final event will take place on 14 May 2019 in Brussels (Belgium). The draft agenda is available here.

Market Engagement: City of Haarlem pioneers socially responsible ICT hardware

Public procurers meet suppliers and resellers in a dedicated space to discuss an upcoming tender that is ambitious with regards to sustainability criteria. This simple idea of market engagement takes ...

Stopping Single Use Plastic: Interview with Zero Waste Europe

Plastic production is rising. With single use bans and consumer boycotts simultaneously spreading, have increased awareness and action made a dent in the industry’s activities? How can we furthe...

Celebrating Earth Day - what can procurement do?

22nd April - Earth Day. First celebrated in 1970, the day is devoted to call for environmental protection, to reflect on the dependence of our social and economical systems to nature and to re-t...

UN calls for urgent rethink as resource use skyrockets

Rapid growth in extraction of materials is the chief culprit in climate change and biodiversity loss – a challenge that will only worsen unless the world urgently undertakes a systemic reform of...

Ban the bag: the most effective way to beat plastic pollution?

The UN has labelled it among the “most effective” ways to beat pollution. Over 112 countries, states and cities worldwide have already imposed bans on various single-use plastic goods. Of ...

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