Desarrollada en el marco de este proyecto, específicamente dirigida a los responsables de compra pública, esta guía facilitará a las administraciones la labor de garantizar que los productos forestales que adquieren han sido producidos de un modo sostenible.

La guía contiene un modelo estándar, con textos que pueden incluirse directamente en los documentos de licitación y contrato, en sus especificaciones técnicas o en los criterios de selección de los licitadores, ofreciendo además asistencia para la implantación progresiva de políticas de compra sostenible de estos productos.

This guide has been produced by the Sustainable Timber Action in Europe
project. It is designed to help European public authorities make sure the
timber products they buy are sustainable by offering guidance and a straightforward procurement model.

The goal of the City of Vancouver’s Ethical Purchasing Policy (EPP) is to ensure that all suppliers to the City meet, at a minimum, the performance standards outlined in the Supplier Code of Conduct, which includes core labour conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Gender-sensitive procurement is one important way to advance gender equality and women’s rights in local, national, and international economies, as noted by the UN High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. However, few international entities working in international development, humanitarian aid, or similar sectors, are systematically implementing gender-sensitive procurement (GSP) in their own operations, a rapid survey of 40 such multilateral, bilateral, and non-profit organisations conducted for this report shows.

The report contains a series of success stories on how public authorities have put socially responsible procurement into practice and raise awareness about global supply chain issues in numerous product lines.

The diversity of experiences presented in this publication demonstrate that more attention has been given to the social impact of public procurement in recent years, even if there is more to be done.
This publication aims to highlight these particular experiences as well as
French practices, in order to make comparisons, challenge and inspire
European initiatives that support WISEs’ access to public procurement opportunities.

A study of models of power concentration in supply chains, unfair trade practices and their consequences for the sustainable development of Southern countries.

The objective of the guide is to provide public procurers with legal tools and useful examples in the implementation of responsible and ethical public procurement. The guide has been issued by the Ministry of Economic and Financial Affairs with the support of French Fair Trade actors such as Max Havelaar, Artisans du Monde and Plate-Forme pour le Commerce Équitable.

This document sets the agenda for Scotland for the coming decade to help drive further improvements to school food and children and young people’s learning about food and its contribution to their overall health and wellbeing.