The purpose of this Guide and resource kit is to assist sustainability officers and business procurement managers, especially major purchasers of wood and paper-based products1 that do not have "in house" forest and forestry expertise. It identifies and reviews central issues, and highlights tools that can be used to assist sustainable procurement.

The guide will help purchasers to define requirements for their procurement policies, engage in dialogue with stakeholders, seek resources to meet procurement policy requirements, and assess suppliers.

A guide for public authorities. The purpose is to give information on the purchasing of clothes and textiles including sustainable development's criteria.

This guide provides tools for the public procurement of timber.

A guide for the regional authorities which provides advices for public procurement (legislation, case studies and recommendations)

Comprehensive guidelines produced by the German Federal Environment Agency on the organisation of events.

This manual was produced by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (I&M), and is aimed at Dutch government procurers. It presents guidance on the opportunities for integrating sustainability during the different procurement stages.

A manual intended to help public purchasers to better understand the tools that they can refer to integrate the criteria of sustainable forest management in the procurement of timber products.

The handbook is a concrete tool to help public authorities to buy goods and services with a lower environmental impact. It is also a useful reference for policy makers and businesses responding to green tenders.

The second version of the Handbook includes:
* Guidance on how environmental considerations can be included at each stage of the procurement process
* Examples drawn from contracting authorities across EU Member States
* Sector-specific GPP approaches for buildings, food and catering services, electricity and timber

The guide contains the EU and Polish legal background, introduction to the Life Cycle Analysis and Life Cycle Costing methodology and the Polish version of the 1st set of European Commission GPP Criteria.