Ghent (Belgium) will play host to the Sustainable Catering Forum on 9 June 2016, a chance for public procurers, local and regional governments, and caterers, producers and suppliers from across Europe to exchange experiences, form partnerships, and...

An open tender notice for the refurbishment of two public buildings in the Italian city of Treviglio has been published. The notice was published in the context of the EU-funded PROBIS project by ALER Bergamo –Lecco – Sondrio in coordination with...

The equivalent of more than 900,000 tonnes of CO2 has been saved through the green procurement activities of the EU-funded GPP 2020 project. The environmental savings amount to 956,000 barrels of crude oil, or the contents of over fifteen oil...

The EU-funded iNSPiRe project has published its seventh newsletter, providing information on the innovative retrofitting of public buildings that took place in demo sites in Ludwigsburg (Germany) and Madrid (Spain). The newsletter also includes an...

The new edition of the Buying Green! Handbook, the European Commission’s leading publication for assisting public sector entities to purchase goods and services that have a lower impact on the environment, has been published. The Handbook, now in...

Sustainable procurement will be discussed at the 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns from 27-29 April in the Basque Country, with a range of sessions to be held on greener and more innovative procurement in Europe. The PPI4Waste...