Working together, public buyers can shape the market by requiring corporations to implement social and environmental standards and monitoring progress. This is a brief introduction to social responsibility in supply chains of ICT.

ENIGMA is a FP7 project that aims to implement a joint transnational pre-commercial procurement (PCP) procedure in the field of public lighting. The 5 project partner municipalities cooperate on procuring innovation. This report identifies in detail the societal needs of the municipalities, which are to be addressed through PCP.

An overview of activities in the Netherlands aimed at making the procurement of CIT more circular, including policy, support and pilot projects.

The EU LIFE REBus project aims to reduce the use of raw materials or extend the lifetime of products by demonstrating the commercial case for European businesses to change their business models. This category report focuses on the opportunities and learnings from the REBUS pilots relating to ICT and electrical equipment.

Report commissioned on behalf of The European Working Group on Ethical Public Procurement and The Swedish National Agency for Public Procurement. the report compiles information on different methods in place to ensure good working conditions in the supply chains when procuring goods and services in the public sector. It shows how procuring authorities work on everything from risk analyses prior to a procurement, to how the specific legal working conditions are followed to ensure adherence in practice.

Several concepts and tools have been proposed and implemented at international level to support energy efficiency measures in data centres including energy efficiency metrics and monitoring, guidelines for procurement and best practice as well as comprehensive management and certification concepts.
In this paper, the main management and certification concepts available in the EU are briefly evaluated and compared regarding their practical effectiveness and specific benefits.

ENIGMA is a FP7 project that aims to implement a joint transnational pre-commercial procurement (PCP) procedure in the field of public lighting. The project’s 5 partner municipalities, lead by Eindhoven, cooperate on procuring innovation. This report introduces the goals and first findings of the Project.

ENIGMA is a FP7 project that aims to implement a joint transnational pre-commercial procurement (PCP) procedure in the field of public lighting. The 5 project partner municipalities cooperate on procuring innovation. This report brings together information, experience and other (practical) contributions on PCP, and provides a synthesized process suitable for across European national boundaries.

Articles from public authorities and NGOs from discussions at a workshop on responsible public procurement held in Baden-Württemberg, Germany November 2012.