Sustainable Procurement Platform

Sustainable Procurement Platform

Sustainable Procurement Platform

Procura+ Seminar 2025

On 9 & 10 October, the Procura+ community gathered in the Province of Zeeland for a seminar highlighting how public procurement can help public authorities accelerate and scale up social, sustainable, innovative and circular policies

New guidance document on circular procurement in cities

The guide outlines how circular considerations can be embedded into existing public procurement procedures, and lists circular criteria that have been used in tenders

Opportunity: two new EIC Innovation Procurement Programme opportunities

Two major European Innovation Council (EIC) projects, SPIN4EIC and InnoMatch, are offering the last calls for public administrations to strengthen their innovation procurement efforts

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS

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18 September 2014

Conditions faced by manufacturers in the IT Industry explored in new report

The demand on the computer industry to consistently develop updated products has led to a number of negative consequences, such as poor working conditions in IT equipment manufacturing plants. Long wo...

16 September 2014

UN initiative helps Panama to green purchasing

Selected as a pilot country for a UN project on sustainable public procurement (SPP), the nation of Panama has adjusted their procurement processes to incorporate sustainability. Ten state institution...

11 September 2014

Despite rocky start, Malta looks to further improve uptake of GPP

Faced with a lack of policy and strategic vision, the fragmentation of institutional responsibilities, and a dearth of technical capacity at the level of public procurers, the uptake of Green Public P...

10 September 2014

New UN document examines the market’s ability to embrace sustainability

UNEP, as part of the 10YFP on Sustainable Public Procurement (an initiative which ICLEI co-leads), has launched a pre-study to determine whether the private sector is ready to meet the ambitious susta...

4 September 2014

New Irish government guidance aims to dispel concerns over GPP

Responding to concerns from public authorities tasked with implementing green public procurement (GPP), the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has produced a guide to help public sector procu...

2 September 2014

Purchasing sustainable tropical timber focus of upcoming EcoProcura workshop

European local governments can significantly reduce tropical deforestation and environmental degradation by ensuring that the timber they purchase is legally and sustainably sourced, particularly when...

Waikato council works with businesses to enhance sustainable procurement

Over 160 businesses from across New Zealand attended an event held by Waikato City Council to discuss ways of integrating sustainability concerns when tendering for public contracts. Experts offered a...

EU Public Procurement Directive broadens grounds for exclusion of suppliers

Publication of the new EU Public Procurement Directives in February 2014 brought with them a number of changes and greater flexibility in how public procurements can be carried out. One of the main ar...

Sustainable procurement improving among Canadian municipalities, report finds

2013 saw Canadian municipalities reach new levels of procurement professionalism in terms of setting goals and measuring progress, interacting with suppliers, and working within budgetary constraints,...

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