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30 November 2011

Lithuania joins the drive towards lifecycle costing and assessment

Green public procurement has gained an influential supporter. The Central Project Management Agency (CPMA) is the central purchasing body in Lithuania and currently manages framework contracts for ove...

30 November 2011

New GPP action plan for Malta

The new Maltese national GPP action plan sets out the target of achieving 50% of public procurement compliant with EU GPP criteria by 2015. The plan, published by the government in August 2011, also c...

28 November 2011

Carbon literacy e-learning course launched

The Defra-led National Sustainable Public Procurement Programme (NSPPP) has launched a free carbon literacy e-learning course for public sector organisations.

13 September 2011

Germany creates landmarks in Green Public Procurement

Public authorities are major consumers in Europe and the European Commission is encouraging the use of ecological criteria in the public market-place. Germany, one of the ‘Green 7’ EU countries wh...

UK public procurement most expensive in EU

A new report conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has revealed the UK’s public procurement process to be the most expensive in the European Union, with the average cost...

Draft EU GPP Criteria for medical equipment seeks stakeholder comments

New EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria have been developed for electrical and electronic equipment used in the health care sector. Stakeholders are invited to comment on the criteria by 2 Sept...

InnProBio factsheet explores sustainability of bio-based products

The InnProBio project has just released its second factsheet on the sustainability of bio-based products. The factsheet includes information on feedstock, end-of-of life bio-based products and Life Cy...

PPI4Waste final conference

The PPI4Waste project will host its final conference, "Feedback and opportunities for public procurement of innovation in the waste sector" on 12 September in Brussels. The purpose of the conference i...

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