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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City of Vantaa shares its experiences of ESCO procurement

The Finnish city of Vantaa has published a useful summary document sharing its experiences of sustainable energy service contracting (ESCO) to improve energy efficiency in 14 buildings across the city...

German Interior Ministry offers free training on sustainable procurement

German procurement officers at federal, state and local levels as well as those involved in public purchasing on behalf of municipal enterprises, universities, churches and other institutions are invi...

Ljubljana announced as European Green Capital 2016

Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, has been selected as European Green Capital for 2016. Janez Potočnik, the EU’s Commissioner for the Environment, presented the award to a delegation from th...

Scottish Procurement Reform Act obliges public sector to consider social and environmental factors

A new Scottish Act of Parliament, which received Royal Ascent on 17 June, puts pressure on public sector organisations to include broader social and environmental considerations in procurement process...

European Commission seeks input on procurement of bio-based products

To help promote a bio-economy in Europe, the European Commission is supporting the development of standards, labels and certifications promoting the public procurement of bio-based products. The term ...

ICLEI, UNEP and Keiti role in supporting sustainable procurement highlighted by the Guardian

The important work of ICLEI, UNEP and the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (Keiti) in launching the Sustainable Public Procurement Programme has been highlighted by the Guardian n...

Latest news on sustainable procurement from ICLEI out now

The July edition of the Sustainable Procurement Update has been published, containing information on new resources and opportunities for sustainable and innovative procurement, as well as capacity bui...

Measures to reduce energy consumption in buildings outlined in new project leaflet

To reduce high-energy consumption in buildings, the iNSPiRe project has created easy to install renovation packages that can be applied to residential and office properties. The packages work through ...

New procurement guide helps public authorities unlock the benefits of innovation

To reduce the existing knowledge gap on public procurement of innovation (PPI), the EU-funded Public Procurement of Innovation Platform project has launched a comprehensive guide. The guide, which is ...

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