This guidance has been developed to help those involved in commissioning of food and catering services to ensure that the service provides both health and sustainability benefits. It will also help those who must meet or have chosen to meet Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering (GBSF) commission a service that meets these standards.

This toolkit builds on the principles of Healthier and More Sustainable Catering and supports those who have a role in commissioning, procuring and serving food to older people. It provides tips on choosing, preparing and serving food for older people as well as providing advice for those who must, or choose, to meet Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services.

This case study reports the example of Turin's procurement of school catering. To gain a better understand of what levels of greenhouse gas emissions were produced at different stags of the food procurement, a detailed study was commissioned from the University of Turin to look into the carbon footprint of the catering system in more depth.

This tool allows you to look into technical criteria for different products. The tool will report for each product a ''Basic'' standard and an ''Advanced'' standard section. The tool also provides links to the different verification standards so they can be compared.

The Localim factsheets series aim to guide the public purchaser through each of the stage of his / her purchase project offer 8 factsheet on the purchasing process and 6 factsheets on specific products and sectors.

This factsheet is part of the Localim factsheets series which aim to guide the public purchaser through each of the stage of his / her purchase project. This factsheet looks specifically at the beef market and products.

This factsheet is part of the Localim factsheets series which aim to guide the public purchaser through each of the stage of his / her purchase project. This factsheet looks specifically at the importance of being aware of the existing best case practices in the field.

This factsheet is part of the Localim factsheets series which aim to guide the public purchaser through each of the stage of his / her purchase project. This factsheet looks specifically at the need to be aware of what the market offers and how to achieve this.

This factsheet is part of the Localim factsheets series which aim to guide the public purchaser through each of the stage of his / her purchase project. This factsheet looks specifically at the public entity's needs and how to analyse them.