City of Oslo - Promoting zero emission transportation in procurement
This document contains a plan on how the City of Oslo will achieve zero-emission (ZE) transport in all future procurements made by the municipality. The proposed method is suitable for most types of procurements, including those which have been in focus during the BuyZET project: craftsman services and facility waste.
English
Europe/EU, Norway
Transport and vehicles, Buildings and construction
Pay and other social clauses in European public procurement
This study first gives an overview of the use of pay and other social clauses in European public procurement, followed by in-depth case studies of five countries (Denmark, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the UK) where the use of pay clauses is of some importance in national procurement policy.
English
Europe/EU, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland
Social responsibility
European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
Guidance Document on Procuring Sustainable Buildings and Construction
This guide intends to provide a practical overview of the options and methods for procuring sustainable buildings and construction in developing countries and emerging economies. Primarily aimed at procurement officers, the main focus is on public procurement at a building scale.
In this report, Swedwatch presents findings from an investigation on human rights risks and impacts associated with large-scale mining of copper, a mineral that is an essential component of ICT products. Swedwatch focused its research on Zambia, one of the largest copper producing and exporting countries in the world
The challenges and potential of circular procurements in public construction projects
The report provides a unique overview of the benefits of incorporating circular procurement at city and district level, including an assessment of the associated financial benefits as well as the potential negative effects.
The Roadmap contains an extensive analysis of what circular building actually is and describes methods for measuring the extent to which construction projects meet the quantitative and qualitative criteria of circular building. It then provides a practical guide to the process of drafting a circular tender.
The adoption of circular principles and projects will depend on our ability to develop clear business cases. The report identified three broad sets of circumstances that may describe the business case for a circular initiative or
business model.
