SPP Regions focused on building and strengthening regional sustainable procurement networks around Copenhagen (Denmark), Rotterdam - The Hague (Netherlands), Turin (Italy), Bristol (UK), Barcelona (Spain), West France and Gabrovo (Bulgaria).
English
Europe/EU
Food and catering, Transport and vehicles, Buildings and construction, Lighting
Environmental and Cost Savings through Green Public Procurement
The study describes the huge environmental and cost relief potential of applying Green Public Procurement in the City of Berlin. The methodology applied uses LCC data for 15 high priority product and service groups and calculates the potential CO2e and cost savings that corresponds to 38 Mio euros and 355.000 tons of CO2 annually.
German
Germany
Food and catering, Textiles, ICT (information and communication techn.), Transport and vehicles, Energy, Cleaning, Timber and forestry , Buildings and construction, Lighting, Office stationery
The project focuses on improving and promoting schemes that protect quality logos (names of quality agricultural products and foodstuffs) and that take into account environmental, social and innovation-based criteria when awarding the public sector contracts to procurers and suppliers.
SPP Regions tender model: Organic catering for hospitals in Piedmont
SCR, the central purchasing body for the Piedmont Region in Italy awarded contracts in 6 lots to provide organic catering services to hospitals across the region.
The LANDMARK project was about enabling European local authorities to act as key drivers for the promotion of fair and decent working conditions in global supply chains for certain products purchased by the European public sector in order to help to improve the living and working conditions of workers in Asia and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa particularly in the textiles, food, construction and electronics sectors.
SPP Regions tender model: Eco-innovative vending machines in Torino University
In a tender for vending machines likely to be awarded in June 2018, the University of Torino is focusing strongly on eco-innovation. The tender will centralise the service and optimise the number of machines available - reducing from 279 to 226 machines.
Public procurement for the purchase of local agricultural products - Region of Vendée
This guide aims to help the public procurer carry out a local and sustainable procurement of food. It suggests a few procurement steps and mentions for each step the legislative framework, European and national.
The state-owned company Leijona Catering, who cater for Finland’s defence forces, prepare about 70,000 meals a day, and annually purchase foodstuffs with a total value of about 30 million euros. The company has resolved to reduce environmental impacts along the food chain, using responsible food procurement as a key tool.
The purchasing pool of the Hospital District of South Ostrobothnia
The Hospital District of South Ostrobothnia ran a competitive tender in 2016 for the supply of foodstuffs to its purchasing pool for a two-year contract period.
