Electronics Watch is an independent monitoring organization working to achieve respect for labour rights in the global electronics industry through socially responsible public purchasing in Europe.
Basic Guidelines for interviews with companies about the compliance with the Core Labour Standards of the International Labour Organisation along the supply chain
These basic guidelines are for interviewing companies about compliance with ILO core labour standards in the supply chain. This interview guide has been developed to assist public authorities in their dialogues with potential bidders about social requirements in tenders. The guidelines are aiming at giving the interview a certain structure and at enabling the interviewers to ask proper questions, even if they are no experts. The questions should serve as a mere general orientation.
English
Europe/EU
Fair trade, Social responsibility
Dr. Kirsten Wiese, Head of the Landmark Project, Member of Staff of the Bremen Fiscal Authority
Socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) requires analysis of the supply chain for goods, services and works to identify ways to positively impact on working conditions.
This guide analyses different instruments of verification that can be used at the various stages of a procurement process (pre-procurement, selection or exclusion criteria, technical specifications, award criteria and contract performance clauses/contract management).
Sustainable reconstruction of the A6 motorway in the Netherlands
Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) is the Department of Public Works within the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.RWS uses the ‘Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) procedure to select tenders on the basis of price
and quality.
Institutions and facilities of the City of Vienna use more than 400 tonnes of disinfectants annually. In order to assist with the identification and assessment of hazardous substances associated with different types of commercially available disinfectants, this group created the Viennese Database for Disinfectants: WIDES.
Introducing green criteria for contracting cleaning services in Romania
GNM’s (National Environmental Guard) first green purchase was arranged in a challenging national GPP context. Romania is one of the few EU countries which does not have a national action plan on GPP in place. However, one is currently being developed by the Ministry of Environment, with the support of the Fondazione Ecosistemi and the National Authority of Public Procurement.
Circular Procurement for a sustainable learning environment
Denmark has recently introduced a new school reform, which recognises the importance of differentiated learning environments for facilitating inclusion, well-being and improved learning. As a result, schools are looking for classroom
designs, which are flexible and dynamic and can be tailored to classes’ learning needs.
English
Denmark
Circular Economy, SMEs(small and medium sized enterprises)
Serving more organic and nutritionally-balanced food in Munich's schools
The City of Munich has a long tradition of working on socially responsible procurement. A tender for the City of Munich’s most recent school food catering framework contract, which uses the ‘cook and freeze’approach, was launched at the end of March 2017.
EUPOPP addressed sustainable consumption strategies and individual policy instruments. It looked at the existing knowledge deficit with regards to the impacts and effectiveness of sustainable consumption (SC) strategies and instruments. A focus is on policies in the need areas of housing and food.
