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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS

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6 November 2018

Suwon – recycled asphalt unlocks major benefits of GPP

Green Public Procurement enabled recycling of 33,617 tons of asphalt concrete in total and created environmental and economic benefits worth more than 800 million KRW in Suwon, South Korea.

2 November 2018

Launch of TCO Certified, generation 8

How far away is a future where all IT products have a circular and sustainable life cycle?

30 October 2018

The Circular Revolution – Remanufacturing, Repair and Reuse

In the 20th century, we dug up, chopped down, drilled for or harvested 34 times more construction materials, 27 times more ore and minerals, 12 times more fossil fuels and 3.6 times more biomass than ...

25 October 2018

Make ICT Fair: Live Market Engagement connects buyers and suppliers for fair ICT

Universities, hospitals, cities, and other public bodies in the European Union (EU) together procured electronic devices such as desktop or laptop computers, servers or smart phones for about €50...

23 October 2018

Advancing Bioeconomy – the new strategic pathway for the EU

This month, the EU Commission put forward a new bioeconomy strategy including 14 specific steps towards implementation. The underlying aim of the strategy is to help address global challenges such as ...

18 October 2018

Trailblazer Ghent – procuring traffic management as a service

Being stuck in traffic or experiencing delays is very common. In Belgium, for instance, the average driver typically spends up to 39 hours in congested traffic. Clearly there is a huge need for traffi...

16 October 2018

Towards circular public procurement: let’s learn together

It is tricky to transform the enthusiasm about a sustainable concept such as the circular economy into governmental regulation and legislation, finds a new article by Jo-Anne St. Godard. Institutional...

10 October 2018

Helsinki region cities set joint criteria for 'greener' heavy vehicles

Public authorities in the Helsinki region have joined forces to set joint tender criteria for greener heavy vehicles. In an interview the Procurement Manager at Helsinki Region Environmental Services ...

Procuring sustainable timber to combat deforestation

Only 30% of tropical timber products in the EU market are sustainable - this is one of the key findings of a recent report commissioned and co-authored by IDH - the Sustai...

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