The “Responsible Meal 2012-15” project was launched by Palmia, who provide catering services to a variety of Helsinki institutions. The project included
calculating the CO2 emissions of the catering services of the City.

In 2013 the Municipality of Copenhagen published a public tender to provide 100% organic,seasonal fruit and vegetables to supply 80 large kitchens in the City of Copenhagen, serving approximately 20,000 meals per day.

A restricted procurement procedure for photovoltaic (PV) solar panels for up to 12 public buildings by the Tipperary Energy Agency, achieving 11% savings on electricity costs.

To help cut CO2 emissions and reduce energy costs, Vantaa piloted ESCO services for 14 municipal buildings using a four-stage negotiated procedure. Estimated savings will be 15%.

Replacement of an old district heating plant with an efficient combined heat and power (CHP) plant by Toholampi Energy. They used functional ,performance-based specifications, coupled with the negotiated procedure.

Tender for school catering services, specifying a minimum of 20% organic food. The city provides 203,000 meals per year in its 10 schools.

Purchase by the German Federal Procurement Agency (BeschA)of 28 docking stations and sockets for charging electric police vehicles.

Clean Fleets case study on the piloting of the world’s first induction charged, diesel-electric hybrid double decker buses by Transport for London (TfL).

The City of Bremen has replaced its car fleet with a car sharing scheme for one department