Protecting Human Rights through Government Procurement
Notes from an expert workshop in 2014 organised by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights considering the essential elements of national action plans for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
English
International, Denmark
Social responsibility
International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Environmental and Cost Savings through Green Public Procurement
The study describes the huge environmental and cost relief potential of applying Green Public Procurement in the City of Berlin. The methodology applied uses LCC data for 15 high priority product and service groups and calculates the potential CO2e and cost savings that corresponds to 38 Mio euros and 355.000 tons of CO2 annually.
German
Germany
Food and catering, Textiles, ICT (information and communication techn.), Transport and vehicles, Energy, Cleaning, Timber and forestry , Buildings and construction, Lighting, Office stationery
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.
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.
Procurement and innovation: a supplement to the 2013 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement
A collection of articles from academia, the public and private sector and the United Nations providing an overview of the current debate on procurement and innovation.
Procurement of pharmaceuticals in an environmental context and its inclusion into the CSR Compass
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 report gives an overview of the meaning of Circular Procurement and explores concepts and ideas related to the topic, including references to circular procurement examples.
Beyond the CAP: policies to support better UK
meat and dairy production post-Brexit
Recommendations from the Eating Better
alliance for livestock’s role within a sustainable
food and farming system for a post-Brexit UK, including public sector food procurement.
A Plan for Public Procurement: Enabling a healthy future for our people, farmers and food producers
This report represents the outcomes and recommendations of an initiative, A Plan for Public Procurement: Food and Catering Services set out to identify key areas where British public procurement could be improved