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Sustainable Procurement 
Making your purchasing sustainable means thinking carefully about what you buy, buying only what you really need, purchasing products and services with high environmental performance and considering the social and economic impacts of a purchasing decision.
Communities all over the world are facing the dramatic consequences of climate change, excessive use of natural resources, threats to biodiversity and increasing poverty. These problems cannot be tackled without making the shift to more sustainable consumption and production patterns. In 2002, the European Commission estimated that public authorities in Europe spent some €1,500 billion on goods, works and services – representing over 16% of the total EU gross domestic product (GDP). More>> Latest news
- Socially Responsible Procurement: RESPIRO Guides for Building Construction Works and Textiles and Clothing (published December 2007) [click here]
- Procura+ Manual: A guide to cost-effective Sustainable Public Procurement [available in EN | DE | FR | IT | CAT] (published March 2007)
What we do
- Network: As a sustainability clearinghouse and network of local governments we foster the information exchange and co-operation among public authorities through the “Buy it Green” –Network
- R & D: We partner in research & development projects on sustainable procurement geared at public authorities, particularly local governments
- Training: We offer training and develop training material on sustainable procurement for capacity building
- Policy: We are involved in advocacy and policy making activities
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