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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17 January 2014

Registration opens for the final LANDMARK conference

The Senator for Finances of the State of Bremen (Germany) will host the final LANDMARK Conference on 27 March 2014. The conference will address challenges surrounding verifying social responsibility, ...

16 January 2014

New EU procurement directives approved by the European Parliament

On Wednesday 15 January the European Parliament (EP) approved the new EU Public Procurement Directives. The new legislation will replace the current directives and will be binding in all EU Member St...

15 January 2014

Input sought for upcoming PPI guidance documents

To further aid in the uptake of public procurement of innovation (PPI), the Procurement of Innovation Platform will publish three guidance documents. Each guide is designed to enhance public procurers...

More efficient sustainable procurement could save Germany billions

German municipalities could save billions of euros if sustainable procurement practices were implemented more efficiently, a new study from KPMG has revealed. Up to three and half percent of the count...

Green public procurement catches on in Croatia

The European Union’s newest member, Croatia, is wholeheartedly embracing the concept of green public procurement. A seminar run by GPP 2020 from 27 - 28 November 2013 aimed to equip procurers with t...

30 December 2013

Ghana to introduce sustainability criteria into tender documents

In an effort to boost sustainability, the Ghanaian government is redesigning its tender documents. Social, economic and environmental criteria will be incorporated, as well as measures to increase tra...

23 December 2013

Northumberland Council to use sustainable procurement to boost local economy

Northumberland County Council (United Kingdom) has released plans to use sustainable procurement as a means to help the local economy, aiming to increase the proportion of budget spent in the local co...

19 December 2013

LANDMARK project to share three years of experiences at final conference

Challenges that procurers face when purchasing socially responsible products, the best methods to successfully implement social procurement, the risks and opportunities associated with on-site audits,...

18 December 2013

City Council ensures library is built to highest sustainable standards

Sustainability was at the fore during construction of the City of Melton’s (Australia) library and community centre, and today the building boasts an impressive array of environmentally friendly tec...

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