This factsheet provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing the transport sector in the context of the global climate emergency. It summarises the innovative actions Global Lead City Network (GLCN) cities have taken to address those issues locally through public procurement.

This factsheet provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing the energy sector in the context of global climate emergency. It summarises the innovative actions that Global Lead City Network (GLCN) cities have taken to address those issues locally through public procurement.

This factsheet explores the challenges and opportunities facing public food services in the context of the global climate emergency. It summarises the innovative actions that Global Lead City Network (GLCN) cities have taken to address those issues locally through public procurement.

The Sustainable Public Meal Toolkit provides experience-based advice on how to set up innovative strategies and activities for sustainable public procurement and catering services. The toolkit was developed by the countries in the Baltic Sea Region, but can be used in many more places due to the generic descriptions in the tools. Start the change in your municipality, your company, your school, your hospital, or elsewhere! The Toolkit was developed as part of the EU-funded StratKIT project.

This analysis has been done by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability as part of ‘Procurement across the Value Chain’ - project under the One Planet Network. It demonstrates that procurement, as part of the middle stage of the value chain, has significant influence over the other stages across the value chain. The objective of the analysis is to better understand how procurement can be used as a tool to support more sustainable food systems. The review resulted in the identification and curation of seven impact typologies across UN World regions:
● Sourcing local through fresh and seasonal food items
● Smallholder-friendly procurement
● Supporting a healthy and nutritious diet
● Reducing waste from food and packaging
● Fair employment conditions
● Sourcing organic produce
● Increase of plant-based food and supporting animal welfare

The StratKIT project has developed eight recommendations on Sustainable and Healthy School Food Procurement for national and EU policy makers as part of the Procura+ City Interest Group on School Food Procurement. These recommendations support the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The document is a follow up checklist on how to do ethical procurement of ICT. It was created through the international Working Group on Ethical Procurement of ICT.

Public procurers hold the power to influence the entire food value chain and through their decisions can affect both production and consumption practices. This position creates a strategic opportunity to leverage public sector demand for sustainable development. Seizing the potential, however, comes with great complexity as it requires innovation within the respective procurement system, connecting the actual procurement to a much wider process linking to policy goals and engaging various stakeholders.
The recommendations address the different stages of the food value chain to make it more sustainable: input industry, primary production, food processing & packaging, transport & logistics, retail, food service, individual consumption and finally, waste & disposal.

The Guidance on Innovation Procurement clarifies the concept of innovation procurement and gives concrete examples and practical tools for public buyers to implement procurement strategies that are open to innovators and to help them acquire the new solutions the market can provide.