UNEP Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative (SBCI)
The SBCI aims to act as a common interntional platform for all stakeholders in the construction industry, to develop tools, strategies and common responses to the sustainable construction challenge - including the Sustainable Buildings Index (SB Index) and Common Carbon Metric (CCM).
Build Up is the main European web portal for energy efficient construction. Established by the European Commission in 2009 it contains, news, case studies, publications and tools, targetted at all relevant stakeholder groups, including public authorities.
United Nations Environment Programme - Sustainable Procurement
UNEP is running a global sustainable procurement implementation programme in conjunction with the Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement.
A service of the UK Government set up to provide guidance and support on the purchasing of legal and sustainable timber in the UK. The website contains a considerable amount of guidance and resources for public procurers.
An independent, not-for-profit organisation helping companies, government departments, non-governmental and civil society organisations to achieve the sustainable use of the world’s natural resources.