SPP & CI-SCP Working Group - Improving Collaboration Between Sustainable Public Procurement and Sustainability Labels and Standards
It aims to improve and increase dialogue between organisations working with sustainability standards and labelling schemes, and those working on SPP, by providing a platform to raise awareness, to share tools and good practices, and to discuss issues and challenges, and to come up with innovative solutions.
Sustainability standards and ecolabels have been enabling both sustainable public procurement and consumer information initiatives. Vice-versa, sustainable procurement policies are key drivers for standard- and eco-labelling initiatives, as they increase their reach and positive impacts within the private sector and across global supply chains. Under the 10YFP programme, working Group 4b was established as a space for knowledge sharing and interaction between public procurers on the one hand, and private standard or ecolabel organisations and users on the other hand. It currently consists of 50 members, including procurement practitioners and experts from national and subnational bodies, independent experts, and various ecolabel- and standard- organisations
