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25 September 2018

Barcelona launches city’s first annual sustainable public procurement plan

ICLEI Member Barcelona (Spain) launched their first annual sustainable public procurement plan in April of this year. The plan communicates the objectives of what the municipal authority, as a whole, must achieve. Some priorities for this year are that the level of usage of recycled paper reaches 9...

14 September 2018

EcoProcura 2018 to collaborate with TCO Certified

EcoProcura 2018 is proud to announce that it will collaborate with TCO Certified on its 2018 conference on sustainable, circular and innovation procurement, which is taking place 3-5 October in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). TCO Certified is a global sustainability certification for IT products, found...

13 September 2018

Bologna, Ghent and Tirana shortlisted for 2018 Transformative Action Award

The shortlisted candidates for the 2018 Transformative Action Award were revealed today at the URBACT Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. The award, which is co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, The Basque Country and the City of Aalborg (Denmark), rewards current or conclu...

29 August 2018

EcoProcura is only 5 weeks away

The EcoProcura conference is the ideal opportunity to perfect your procurement skills. Learn from experienced procurers on how they overcame setbacks in the Procurement Confessions session and have Disruptors and Game Changers in the field elevate your ability to think strategically. The programme ...

16 August 2018

EcoProcura 2018 to collaborate with Green Electronics Council

EcoProcura 2018 is proud to announce that it will collaborate with the Green Electronics Council (GEC) on its 2018 conference on sustainable, circular and innovation procurement, which is taking place 3-5 October in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). The GEC is a mission driven non-profit that seeks to ac...

6 August 2018

2018 Transformative Action Award receives record number of entries

The application deadline for the 2018 Transformative Action Award recently closed, with this year’s award setting a record for the number of applications received. In total 40 innovative and inspiring Transformative Actions from cities, regions and civil society organisations across Europe wer...

2 August 2018

ICLEI Members Aalborg, Copenhagen, Cork and Rotterdam shortlisted for Procura+ Awards

The shortlist of nominees for the 2018 Procura+ Awards were recently announced. The awards, which are organised by the Procura+ European Sustainable Procurement network, reward successful, already running, sustainable and innovative public procurements in three categories: Innovation Procurement of ...

31 July 2018

Dutch ICLEI Members launch action plans on sustainable procurement

ICLEI’s Dutch Member cities Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Tilburg and Utrecht are among the 150 governmental bodies in the Netherlands that have formally agreed to implement green and socially responsible procurement in their organisations. The agreement is in line with the Dutch Manifesto on Socially ...

30 July 2018

Shaping the future through strategic procurement: 20 years of EcoProcura

EcoProcura is an international conference series, which ICLEI started in 1998 with the aim to promote exchange and dialogue among purchasers from all levels of government, suppliers, policy-makers and multipliers on strategies and the latest practical solutions on sustainable, strategic, circular an...