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Procuring environmentally-friendly textiles
This guide on green procurement of textiles and clothes provides tender-ready criteria with verification guidelines and recomendations to reduce consumption and information about existing ecolabels.
Catalan
Spain
Textiles
General GPP/SPP, Ecolabels,
Catalan Government (Ecoinstitut Barcelona)
2011
Catalan Environmental Quality label
Catalan ecolabel created in 1994 covering products (with a focus on recycled materials) and services or facilities/buildings such as office buildings or tourist accomodation.
Catalan
Spain
Ecolabels
Catalan Government
Guidelines for contracting cleaning services
These guidelines explain how to procure environmentally-friendly cleaning services for buildings.
Spanish
Spain
Cleaning
General GPP/SPP
Spanish Ministry of the Environment (Ecoinstitut Barcelona)
2011
Code of efficient use of paper and publications
This guide shows how to develop environmentally-friendly and economical tenders for paper products and publications.
Spanish
Spain
Office stationery
General GPP/SPP
Spanish Ministry of the Environment (Ecoinstitut Barcelona)
2011
Guide on environmentally-friendly maintenance contracts and minor works
Informations on how to procure maintenance contracts aimed especially at public authorities on a national level.
Spanish
Spain
General GPP/SPP
Spanish Ministry of the Environment (Ecoinstitut Barcelona)
2011
IISD Report - Preparedness Assessment for the Integration of Sustainability Criteria into the Public Procurement of Infrastructure in Vietnam
This reports takes a closer look at Vietnam's public procurement of infrastructure projects and services. It assesses the introduction of modern procurement methods and the ways sustainable procurement practices can be implemented in Vietnam.
English
Vietnam
Infrastructure
IISD - The International Institute for Sustainable Development
2011
SBIR The Power of public Procurement - report and case study collection
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) is a tendering process in which the Dutch national government supports entrepreneurs in their research and development work. Contracts are awarded in a three-phase competition: feasibility, research phase and commercialisation.
English, Dutch
Netherlands
Innovation procurement (PPI) , , Pre commercial procurement, SMEs(small and medium sized enterprises)
NL Agency
2011
Harrow Council Sustainable Public Procurement Policy
The policy, published in 2011 covers seven goals from encouraging a diverse base of suppliers, to promoting fair employment practices and greater environmental sustainability.

The policy is being delivered through the development and use of a Sustainable Procurement Toolkit.
English
United Kingdom
General GPP/SPP
Harrow Council
2011
EU GPP case study: Sustainable procurement of wood products (Barcelona, Spain)
The City’s policy on timber makes it compulsory for municipal departments, districts and agencies to ensure that all wood products purchased stem from sustainable forestry. Since 2004, Barcelona has ensured wide implementation of the policy and a large share of the wood purchased by the citiy's authorities are all made from FSC certified wood.
English
Spain
Timber and forestry
European Commission - Directorate General Environment
2010