WEBINAR: Growing Public Procurement Demand For Sustainable Photovoltaics

The webinar focuses on the drivers of higher sustainability performance in the PV industry & present the new product category for PV launched by EPEAT (the global ecolabel for the IT sector).

DATE: 11 December 2019

TIME: 9h – 10h

RECORDING: You can access the webinar here.

Join SolarPower Europe and the Green Electronics Council (GEC) for a discussion of the growing interest in public procurement of sustainable photovoltaics.

The webinar focuses on the drivers of higher sustainability performance in the PV industry, and present the new product category for PV launched by EPEAT (the global ecolabel for the IT sector) and the criteria that are used in the label.

Speakers:

Raffaele Rossi, Policy Analyst SolarPower Europe
Andreas Wade, Global Sustainability Director, First Solar
Nancy Gillis, CEO, Green Electronics Council

SolarPower Europe

SolarPower Europe is a member-led organisation with the aim of ensuring that more energy is generated by solar than any other energy source by 2030 and to lead our members to make solar the core of a smart, sustainable, secure and inclusive energy system in order to reach carbon neutrality before 2050.

“Our vision is to lead our members to make solar the core of a smart, sustainable, secure and inclusive energy system.”

Values:

Responsibility to members, to colleagues and for delivering the objectives of SolarPower Europe.
Creativity: bringing the most creative solutions to the energy challenges facing society today.
Dynamism: embracing flexibility to work seamlessly on different topics and issues, building transferable skills to meet the needs of SolarPower Europe's membership.
Enthusiasm: delivering work outcomes above and beyond the expected call of duty, enthusiastically going the extra mile to achieve objectives.
Respect for the needs of members, colleagues and for cultural diversity.

Sustainable Public Procurement

The One Planet Network Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) programme is a voluntary global multi-stakeholder partnership in which various parties - governmental, non-governmental, public and private, agree to work together in a systematic way with the aim to promote and accelerate the implementation of sustainable public procurement globally as a way to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Read more about the One Planet Network Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP): https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/sustainable-public-procurement

Published on December 11, 2019