Public authorities can now submit their candidacies to the 2019 edition of the Procura+ Awards, a major and prestigious recognition of procurements and related initiatives with remarkable economic, environmental and social impacts, or innovation elements. The Procura+ Awards is an initiative of ICLEI, in co-operation with the EU-funded Procure2Innovate project. The application period is open until 31st March.
The awarded public authorities will receive a trophy and have the right to pro...
I am pleased to announce the long-awaited release of a critical meta-analysis of packaging materials asking the basic question: ‘Do popular packaging attributes including recycled and biobased content, recyclability and compostability correlate with lower environmental impacts?’ This research reviewed publically available life cycle assessment (LCA) studies from 2000-2017. The significance of this research is that at present these attributes are used as a simplified means of making “sustai...
During 3 years, the EURECA project (https://www.dceureca.eu/) focused on empowering public procurement teams to tackle the problem of data center energy efficiency and environmental soundness by developing common practices and procedures for Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) and Pre-commercial Procurement (PCP) for Data centers.
Recently the lead partner of the project, Rabih Bashroush of the University of East London, received the DCD Award for Industry Initiative of the year.
...Cleaning products and services are consumed by almost all public authorities, whether cleaning is provided in-house or contracted out.
What can be done through public procurement to lessen the impacts that cleaning has on our environment?
New guidance developed by the European Commission on green public procurement (GPP) and selected best practice from the public sector will be presented and discussed during this webinar.
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Date & time: Tuesday...
Dear Nikita,
On the Resource Centre of the Sustainable Procurement platform (http://www.sustainable-procurement.org/resource-centre/) you find a range of case studies and good practice cases on the topic. Another good source of good practices is the GPP good practice cases published by the European Comission, with dedicated sections for transport and buildings/construction: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/case_group_en.htm
I am attaching a couple of case studies that could be particu...
Public contracts, electronic contract, blockchain, smart contracts, electronic signature.
A public contract is a written contract by which an entrepreneur, a supplier or a service provider undertakes, either to carry out works, or to provide goods or services at a price to the State, a decentralized territorial community, a public institution or a public or parapublic company. This definition is given by the Cameroonian legislator.
Given this definition, whatever the subject-matter of the...
The Spanish PROMINENT MED team had the challenge of refurbishing an old storage building in Alzira, València (Magatzem de Cucó, C/ La Pau 28, 46600, Alzira) in an energy efficient manner. The needs analysis revealed that the building was going to be the future youth municipal house and therefore it was planned to be diaphanous, acoustically-insulated, and thermally comfortable and energy efficient.
The key cornerstones were to reduce the weight of the prize of acquisition of the supply, the c...
Dag collega's,
Ik kan jullie ondertussen laten weten dat ook in Vlaanderen zo'n TCO-instrument bestaat. Je vindt het op http://www.milieuvriendelijkevoertuigen.be/sites/default/files/tco-tool/. Ik lees op de website:
Vergelijk milieuvriendelijke en conventionele wagens
Vergelijk de TCO van elektrische, plug-in hybride, aardgas-, waterstof- en brandstofwagens.
En ontdek of het rijden met een milieuvriendelijke wagen voordeliger is.
We hebben de trekker voor deze tool over jullie...
The Government of Flanders is developing an LCC tool for indoor lighting, based on the SMART SPP LCC tool (http://www.smart-spp.eu/). The goal is to help governments in using life cycle costs to prepare tenders and evaluate offers for indoor lighting in their office buildings. The first stage of the development focused on gathering information on the lighting system and products offered and getting an overview of predictable financial costs related to the lighting system. Before entering a sec...
Het Kabinet wil dat uiterlijk 2030 alle nieuwe auto’s in Nederland emissieloos zijn. Overheden spelen een belangrijke rol met het verduurzamen van hun eigen wagenpark. In praktijk blijkt dat de cijfermatige onderbouwing van de kosten en baten vaak nog ontbreekt en tot vertraging leidt. PIANOo introduceert daarom samen met het leernetwerk Inkoop Duurzame Mobiliteit de TCO-tool voor dienstvoertuigen. Met deze tool kunnen overheden in 5 stappen de haalbaarheid van de overgang naar zero emissie di...
Het Kabinet wil dat uiterlijk 2030 alle nieuwe auto’s in Nederland emissieloos zijn. Overheden spelen een belangrijke rol met het verduurzamen van hun eigen wagenpark. In praktijk blijkt dat de cijfermatige onderbouwing van de kosten en baten vaak nog ontbreekt en tot vertraging leidt. PIANOo introduceert daarom samen met het leernetwerk Inkoop Duurzame Mobiliteit de TCO-tool voor dienstvoertuigen. Met deze tool kunnen overheden in 5 stappen de haalbaarheid van de overgang naar zero emissie di...
Dear all,
Last month we published the 2nd Newsletter on GPP in Catalonia with news from the Catalan GPP Networking Group - available both in Catalan and English here : https://mailchi.mp/af7ed1d6a4ce/butlleti-2-cpv-catalunya-octubre-2018
In the newsletter we took the oportunity to disseminate a report producted by the Group on: the state of procurement of green electricity by the members of the group, which include the main purchasing bodies in Catalonia; common aspects and differences be...
You are cordially invited to this webinar organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on “The pursue of sustainable development objectives through public food procurement: literature and practice’’.
Thursday, November 29th, 2018 | 15:00 – 16:30 | (CET)
Link: http://fao.adobeconnect.com/rgl2lahp23t1/
The seminar will be Presented by:
Prof. Geo Quinot, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Luana Swensson, FAO (FAO/ESN)
With intervention of Luisa Cr...
A number of cities have started to explore possibilities for promoting Zero Emission Construction Sites through procurement.
Machinery used on construction sites is responsible for a significant amount of both CO2 emissions, and emissions of local pollutants such as particulates and NOx within cities - and finding solutions for significantly reducing, or completely eliminating these emissions would be hugely beneficial. And it seems that such solutions are starting to come onto the market....
Why is the AV world quiet on sustainability? Purchasers of AV solutions focus is set on product performance and image quality but sustainability is seldom considered? The webinar explains that it is possible to find premium quality projectors and other products that are designed and made in a more environmentally and socially responsible way!
After the webinar a series of articles to discuss the sustainability challenges and solutions in the AV sector will be launched.
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Two further webinars have been announced as part of the LEA Webinar series!
Webinar 4: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Topic: Suppliers’ experience of PCP - Case Almerin
Expert: Teemu Laitinen
https://connect.jyu.fi/lea - 10:30 am
Webinar 5: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Topic: Professional competences required to utilize Innovative technologies in the classroom - LEA Needs Analysis
Expert: Rita Freudenberg
https://connect.jyu.fi/lea - 10:30 am
In each webinar, Innovation pr...
TCO Certified, generation 8 is the largest step yet toward a circular and sustainable life cycle for IT products. It includes a wide range of updated and new criteria, designed to promote a circular approach to IT products along with transparency and responsibility in the supply chain. Supporting progress toward the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the next generation of criteria helps brands and buyers to directly contribute to a more sustainable future.
Participants at the event in Br...
World Ecolabel Day 2018 October 25th is celebrated over the world. See what's going on https://globalecolabelling.net/world-ecolabel-day/2018-world-ecolabel-day-celebrations/ …
October 25 is World Ecolabel Day. Sign up for webinar to get insight in what labels to trust among all labels and standards claim they are proof of a more sustainable product. Sign up for webinar that will help you find the right strategies when working with ecolabels in sustainable procurement. Register https://tcocertified.com/upcoming-webinar/register-for-webinar-ecolabels-used-right-a-tool-for-sustainable-procurement/
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Taking into account my experience, for bus travel you can consider the following CPVs - 60100000-9; 60112000-6; 60172000-4. For airplane travel you can use 60400000-2. Best regards.
In the Netherlands we’ve tried to include a general ban on PVC around 2008.
However:
- Plastics are often not alwayas part of a product or tender or not proportional. So you can only include them for some categories or: in case of use of PVC...
- Companies complained and after an LCA study we found that PVC is not by definition the worst compared to alternatives: It depends on how it is used and processed which makes it more or less sustainable.
- We use performance based tools in so...
hi all,
I wanted to let you know that we've tentatively launched our first City Transparency Map for the UK. Its only the first iteration based on the data we have curated on compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act (transparency in supply chains). If you can think of any useful data layers that we should consider for the next iteration please let me know.
https://tiscreport.org/public-sector/uk-transparency-report/
All constructive feedback gratefully received!
Jaya
The 2019 Summit call for presentations is officially OPEN!! The deadline for presenters to submit is November 9th. Here is the link to the CFP: https://www.sustainablepurchasing.org/2019-summit-call-for-presentations/
The 2019 SPLC Summit will take place May 20-22, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. Save the date and budget now!
Please pass this along to anybody who should know about it. The 2019 Summit Planning Committee looks forward to receiving your applications. Reach out if you have any q...
Dear Francoise, unfortunately, the report is not uploaded on the website you are linking to. Would you be able to share the report? Thank you!
Thanks for your comment. The elimination of the concept of economically most advantageous offer by the one with the best value for money is clear. However, I think you have to be careful with the claim: the valuation of the price has disappeared.
I know that in Spain both the advisory board of the Ministry of Economy and the advisory board of administrative hiring of aragon have already expressed exceptionally not allowing it to be assessed.
In my opinion you have to value the price. But it is t...