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Buyer Groups SPP

15 Buyer Groups were initiated in 2020 as a follow up of the Green Deal Circular Procurement (2013-2020). The Green Deal's success was the focus on practioner's and learning by doing: do a pilot and share knowledge.
The Buyer Groups are a next step in changing the market by collaboration; needed to start the scaling of pilots and bridging the gap for sustainability and innovations.
15 Buyer Groups have been started in 2020 varying from textiles, polymers, ICT to asphalt.

Led by: Netherlands - Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

Implemented in: Europe and Central Asia

Green Public Procurement in Korea

The Green Public Procurement contributes to the development of green growth by making the purchase and use of green products an obligation for public authorities, thus inducing the production and consumption of green products.
As of 2019, the total purchase of green products by the public sector amounted to USD 3.88 billion, a fivefold increase from 2005. In 2020, the number of green products and manufacturers also saw five- and nine-fold increases reaching 17,813 and 4,510 respectively.

Led by: Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI)

Implemented in: Asia / Pacific, Korea, Republic of

Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) builds trust in sustainability standards worldwide by benchmarking third-party auditing and certification programmes and recognising schemes that meet industry expectations. By providing an open-source list of recognised programmes, the SSCI delivers clear guidance on which schemes cover key sustainability criteria and apply relevant verification practices.

Led by: The Consumer Goods Forum

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Plastic Waste Coalition of Action

The Consumer Goods Forum (“CGF”) Plastic Waste Coalition of Action was founded in 2020 with the aim of developing a more circular approach to the development and processing of plastic packaging in the consumer goods industry. The development of the Coalition builds off the CGF’s 2018 endorsement of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy.

Led by: The Consumer Goods Forum

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Forest Positive Coalition of Action

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s Forest Positive Coalition of Action is led by 19 of the world’s leading consumer goods retailers and manufacturers with a shared commitment becoming forest positive businesses by removing deforestation, forest degradation and conversion from key commodity supply chains, positively impacting the world’s forests.

Led by: The Consumer Goods Forum

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Human Rights Coalition – Working to End Forced Labour

The CGF Human Rights Coalition – Working to End Forced Labour (HRC) is a CEO-led Coalition of Action from The Consumer Goods Forum. As an initiative of 20 of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, the HRC is committed to helping achieve fair and decent working conditions worldwide by eradicating forced labour from its supply chains.

Led by: The Consumer Goods Forum

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Food Waste Coalition of Action

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s CEO-led Coalition of Action on Food Waste brings together 19 of the world’s largest consumer goods retailers and manufacturers with the goal of halving per capita global food loss at the retailer and consumer levels.

Led by: The Consumer Goods Forum

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Sustainable Health in Procurement Project - SHiPP

The aim of the project is to strengthen sustainability in the health sector in selected countries to ultimately reduce harm to people and the environment caused by the manufacture and disposal of medical products. Within this framework, the following development objectives.

Led by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Health Care Without Harm

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Moldova, Republic of, South Africa, Tanzania, United Republic of, Ukraine, Viet Nam, Zambia

SFS-MED Platform

The SFS-MED Platform, an affiliated project of the One Planet Network SFS Programme , is a multi-stakeholder initiative currently being developed as a collaborative effort by CIHEAM, FAO Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS), with the mission to accelerating progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, through collaborative actions for a shift towards more sustainable food systems in the region.

Led by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CIHEAM

Implemented in: Africa, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East, Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, España, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, State of, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey