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Public Procurement for a Circular Economy
This guidance sets out the policy framework, strategic thinking and planning recommended before embarking on a public procurement process, engaging the market and considering of the various steps of the procurement hierarchy.
English
Europe/EU
Circular Economy
European Commission
2017
SPP Regions - Circular Procurement, Case Study Collection
This collection of best practices aims to clarify what Circular Procurement is and what its potentials are. It is intended to inspire procurement staff to look at products, to ask different questions, to analyse the needs in the organisations and to challenge the market to deliver a more circular supply of products and services.
English
Europe/EU, International
Circular Economy
ICLEI
2017
Bio-based Products and Services in the Circular Economy
The factsheet aims to explain how the procurement of bio-based products and services fits into the circular economy. The factsheet addresses the question: does encouraging the public procurement of bio-based products contribute to fostering a circular economy?
English
Europe/EU
Circular Economy, Biobased products
InnProBio Consortium
2017
SUITS
SUITS aims to enhance the capacity of the local authorities and of other stakeholders in terms of innovative procurement in compliance with the latest European legislation on public procurement and on public passenger transport services.
English
Transport and vehicles
Innovation procurement (PPI)
2018
Supplement to the 2012 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement: Balancing social, environmental and economic considerations in procurement
This report details numerous instances of governments, the private sector, donors and international organizations adopting sustainability in their supply chains.
English
International
General GPP/SPP
United Nations
2012
The keys to Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP)
The guide describes the various tools that facilitate the integration of social criteria in public procurement, including verification schemes and validation, management systems, certifications, and explains the benefits of this practice for governments, companies and society.
Spanish
Europe/EU, Spain
Social responsibility
Forética
2012
Responsible supply chain management
A study produced by Adelphi as part of a services contract for the European Commission to support the High Level Group on Corporate Social Responsibility. It addresses potential success factors and challenges for addressing CSR issues in EU company supply chains.
English
Europe/EU
Fair trade, Social responsibility
Adelphi, on behalf of the European Commission
2011
Reference tool on Supply Chain Social Performance Management Systems
The GSCP Reference tool on supply chain Social Performance Management Systems (SPMS) has been developed by and for buying organisations (retailers and manufacturers) to support them in monitoring and improving social compliance
performance in the whole supply chain.
The Reference tool is based on best existing practices, common approaches and shared standards, and is designed to reflect and be aligned with relevant international standards and in particular with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It can be used either to provide a general framework for an organisation wishing to create a SPMS, or as a benchmark for an organisation seeking to improve or develop an established SPMS.
English
International
Social responsibility
Global Social Compliance Programme
2013
The LANDMARK project
The LANDMARK project was about enabling European local authorities to act as key drivers for the promotion of fair and decent working conditions in global supply chains for certain products purchased by the European public sector in order to help to improve the living and working conditions of workers in Asia and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa particularly in the textiles, food, construction and electronics sectors.
Multiple
English, Catalan, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Europe/EU, International
Food and catering, Textiles, ICT (information and communication techn.), Timber and forestry , Buildings and construction, Medical equipment
Fair trade, Social responsibility
The LANDMARK consortium, c/o ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
2011