The Clean Fleets Life Cycle Cost Calculator is an easy to use tool to allow a comparison on the life cycle costs (LCC)/total costs of ownership (TCO) of different vehicles and bids within a procurement process.

This case study looks at the refurbishment of a UK school which is expected to lead to savings of 67 tonnes CO2 per annum from a combination of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy installations.

This study, carried out within the UN10YFP Programme on Promoting Supply Chain's Sustainability, has the objective of describing where, from a pharmaceuticals life cycle prospective, it may be appropriate to impose environmental requirements.

This guide is intended for procurement staff and gives specific pointers to set you on the right path to introduce circular procurement in your organisation. This instrument took shape in the summer of 2013 and has been further supplemented since then.

This guide aims to help the public procurer carry out a local and sustainable procurement of food. It suggests a few procurement steps and mentions for each step the legislative framework, European and national.

The North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government, through the project, aimed to promote sustainable public procurement practices. The project's main goal was to advocate for and support the implementation of a shift from purchases carried out on the base of the most favorable price to sustainable procurement.

This guide aims to provide institutional purchasers with guidance to assist them in procuring IT products from companies that are improving the social responsibility of their supply chains.

This guide is particularly intended to assist contracting entities and to describe the benefits of socially responsible public procurement and to give practical tips on how to take into account social considerations. The guide also wants to serve as a practical tool for public servants and employees in charge of tendering processes in their concrete examples.

The state-owned company Leijona Catering, who cater for Finland’s defence forces, prepare about 70,000 meals a day, and annually purchase foodstuffs with a total value of about 30 million euros. The company has resolved to reduce environmental impacts along the food chain, using responsible food procurement as a key tool.