The Power of the Public Plate - Analysis of Public Procurement Impact Across The Food Value Chain
This analysis has been done by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability as part of ‘Procurement across the value chain’ - project under the One Planet Network.Network. It demonstrates that procurement, as part of the middle stage of the value chain, has significant influence over the other stages across the value chain. The objective of the analysis is to better understand how procurement can be used as a tool to support more sustainable food systems. The review resulted in the identification and curation of 7 impact typologies across UN World regions:
● Sourcing local through fresh and seasonal food items
● Smallholder-friendly procurement
● Supporting a healthy and nutritious diet
● Reducing waste from food and packaging
● Fair employment conditions
● Sourcing organic produce
● Increase of plant-based food and supporting animal welfare
Recommendations on Sustainable and Healthy School Food Procurement
The StratKIT project has developed eight recommendations on Sustainable and Healthy School Food Procurement for national and EU policy makers as part of the Procura+ City Interest Group on School Food Procurement. These recommendations support the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The document was created through the international Working Group on Ethical Procurement of ICT. It gathers information concerning the ethical procurement of ICT in the following public authorities:
- Federal Institute for Sustainable Development, Belgium
- City of Helsinki, Finland
- Consip, Italy
- State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland
- City of Oslo, Norway
- City of Ghent, District09, Belgium
- Danish Central Purchasing Body, Denmark
- Region Stockholm, Sweden
- Aktionsplan Nachhaltige Beschaffung (NABE), Austria
- Norwegian Hospital Procurement Trust, Norway
Final Report of the International Working Group on Ethics in Public Procurement for IT
The document summarizes the work of the International Working Group on Ethics in Public Procurement for IT, which brought
together leading public buyers of IT as a means for exchange, stock taking, discussion and identification of actions towards a next-generation ethical procurement of IT.
At its core, the group consisted of 18 committed members from Belgium, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, Denmark, Italy, Finland, Austria, the
Netherlands and Switzerland.
How to do Ethical Procurement of ICT - Follow up checklist
The document is a follow up checklist on how to do ethical procurement of ICT. It was created through the international Working Group on Ethical Procurement of ICT.
International Working Group on Ethics in Public Procurement for IT
The working group brings together leading public buyers of IT as a means for exchange, stock taking, discussion and identification of actions towards a next-generation ethical procurement of IT.
Combining Procurement Models for Green and Healthy Buildings
EC GPP Case Study - The South Moravian Region, which has applied socially and environmentally responsible approach to its public procurements since 2014, identified the need to build a new sanitarium for children with respiratory diseases and challenged the market with the ambition of making it as aesthetic, user-friendly, and energy-efficient as possible.
The Power of the Public Plate - Recommendations for procurers and policy makers
Public procurers hold the power to influence the entire food value chain and through their decisions can affect both production and consumption practices. This position creates a strategic opportunity to leverage public sector demand for sustainable development. Seizing the potential, however, comes with great complexity as it requires innovation within the respective procurement system, connecting the actual procurement to a much wider process linking to policy goals and engaging various stakeholders.
The recommendations address the different stages of the food value chain to make it more sustainable: input industry, primary production, food processing & packaging, transport & logistics, retail, food service, individual consumption and finally, waste & disposal.
The Sustainable Trade Champions good practice reports showcase inspiring and replicable practices by EU cities that help advance sustainable trade, consumption, and production.
Drawn exclusively from the applications to the two editions of the ‘EU Cities for Fair and Ethical Trade Award’ (2019, 2021), the reports contain local and international stories of positive change for consumers locally and producers globally.
