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March 1, 2023Blue Community Consortium

Plastic Reduction

The policy encourages all 40 of our Blue Community Consortium members to seek alternatives to the use of plastics in all food...

Organisation
Blue Community Consortium
Type
Organisation policy
Project
December 11, 2020Trax G.D.

Complex Requirements Planning Software for New Hospital Project

The infrastructure capital planning tool has the following objectives: (1) to develop a scalable roadmapping tool that can be...

Organisation
Trax G.D.
Resource
October 15, 2020Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Aligning public procurement rules and practices to support the implementation of Home Grown School Feeding Programmes: The case of Ethiopia

This study is part of the FAO project on 'Policy Support for Public Food Procurement for Government-led Home-Grown School...

Organisation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Regions
Africa
Sectors
Food & Beverage
Public Procurement
Agricultural and Fishery
Resource
April 24, 2020United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

2019 Annual Report on the State of Sustainable Public Procurement in Canada

The report highlights trends in Canadian sustainable public procurement in the following areas: circular and zero-waste...

Organisation
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Regions
North America
Sectors
Public Procurement
Waste, incl. Chemicals
Buildings and construction
Resource
January 16, 2020ECPAR - Réseau d'organisations pour l'approvisionnement responsable

Operational Purchasing Guide from Social Economy Enterprises

This project aims to provide an operational purchasing guide from SEEs to Quebec organizations that have committed to...

Organisation
ECPAR - Réseau d'organisations pour l'approvisionnement responsable
Type
Technical Tools
Regions
North America
Sectors
Public Procurement
Industrial Sector
Consumer Goods
Resource
January 16, 2020ECPAR - Réseau d'organisations pour l'approvisionnement responsable

Total Cost of Ownership calculators

The Total Cost of Ownership analysis provides a sustainability assessment by taking into account the total life cycle costs...

Organisation
ECPAR - Réseau d'organisations pour l'approvisionnement responsable
Type
Technical Tools
Regions
North America
Sectors
Public Procurement
Industrial Sector
Buildings and construction
Resource
January 16, 2020ECPAR - Réseau d'organisations pour l'approvisionnement responsable

Responsible Purchasing Barometer

The Barometer was deployed so that organizations could have a practical tool to objectively identify their standing in terms...

Organisation
ECPAR - Réseau d'organisations pour l'approvisionnement responsable
Type
Technical Tools
Regions
North America
Sectors
Public Procurement
Industrial Sector
Buildings and construction
Resource
January 14, 2020ECPAR - Réseau d'organisations pour l'approvisionnement responsable

Responsible purchasing cards tailored for Canada's context

To provide tangible support to requisitioners and purchasing agents seeking to make sustainable acquisitions, ECPAR has...

Organisation
ECPAR - Réseau d'organisations pour l'approvisionnement responsable
Type
Technical Tools
Regions
North America
Sectors
Public Procurement
Scientific Research, Development and Innovation
Consumer Goods
Project
January 13, 2020Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Policy Support for Public Food Procurement for Government-led Home-Grown School Food initiatives

The aims to foster a global framework and rationale on preferential public food procurement as a business opportunity for...

Organisation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Resource
January 13, 2020Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Leveraging institutional food procurement for linking small farmers to markets: Findings from WFP's Purchase for Progress initiative and Brazil's food procurement programmes

Targeting government agencies and international organizations tasked with advising on and designing IFPPs, readers are...

Organisation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Regions
Africa
Latin America/Caribbean
Sectors
Food & Beverage
Public Procurement
Agricultural and Fishery
Education
Resource
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July 14, 2017Sextante Consultoria

State of Play in Sustainable Public Procurement

Organisation
Sextante Consultoria
Type
Research and Studies
Regions
North America
Sectors
Public Procurement
Resource
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July 14, 2017Sextante Consultoria

The State of Municipal Sustainable Procurement in Canada Best Practices & Current Trends

Organisation
Sextante Consultoria
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Regions
North America
Sectors
Public Procurement