The term 'circular economy' is all around. From the European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan, to the European Circular Cities Declaration (CCD), governments of all levels are getting b...
The European Commission has released a new guidance for European contracting authorities on how to introduce social criteria into public tenders.
In June 2019, the Danish Government set a target to cut carbon emissions by 70% by 2030, in comparison to 1990 levels. To reach this ambitious target, it is necessary that the government analyses wher...
School food is an essential service provided by local governments in many countries. School food (or catering services) represents a significant share of the procurement budget of many local governmen...
The United Nations Environment Programme and its partners from the ASU Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative are eager to hear your opinion on sustainable purchasing trends. Participate in the 20...
Procura+ Participant Flanders Government developed a new Office Indoor Lighting LCC-Tool based on the original Smart-spp LCC-CO2 Tool. It can be seen as complementary to the ‘LCC-tool indoor lig...
As part of the EU Green Deal, a number of public consultations are currently under way to revise legislative frameworks which may help shape sustainable procurement actions in the near future. The Sus...
Big Buyers for Climate and Environment, a European Commission initiative, kicked off the work in four new working groups to collaboratively work on current public procurement needs. After the launch i...
The first edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards recognises powerful cases of public and private buyers on using innovation procurement practices across Europe and emphasises the import...
