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January 8, 2018Development Alternatives

Tapping Resource Efficiency Potential in India

Organisation
Development Alternatives
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Regions
Asia/Pacific
Sectors
Scientific Research, Development and Innovation
Buildings and construction
Resource
January 4, 2018India - Ministry of Railways

Creating Awareness on Sustainable Procurement through Blog in India: 20,000 Page Views and Counting

During several discussions with my colleagues and friends on sustainable procurement, I felt that average knowledge of public...

Organisation
India - Ministry of Railways
Type
Communications Material
Regions
Asia/Pacific
Sectors
Public Procurement
Project
January 4, 2018India - Ministry of Railways

Increasing Share of Micro & Small Enterprises in Public Procurement in Indian Railways

Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) contributes about 7% of the manufacturing GDP and 31% of the service GDP to the national...

Organisation
India - Ministry of Railways
Project
January 4, 2018India - Ministry of Railways

Indian Railways Plans to set up 500 MW grid-connected rooftop solar photo voltaic systems

In order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and add to India's climate change mitigation effort, Indian Railways has...

Organisation
India - Ministry of Railways
Project
January 3, 2018India - Ministry of Railways

Indian Railways goes Eco-friendly : 100 % LED lighting at all railways stations

Indian Railways (IR) is the national railroad carrier of India which transports more than 23 million passengers and 2.4...

Organisation
India - Ministry of Railways
Policy
December 31, 2017Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Fossil free Sweden (Fossilfritt Sverige)

Fossil Free Sweden is working to increase the pace of the climate transition. The goal is to build a strong industrial sector...

Organisation
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Project
December 27, 2017SKL Kommentus Inköpscentral

Hållbarhetskollen - a Swedish service for social sustainability monitoring

To support local authorities to monitor the social criteria that are commonly used in public procurement in Sweden, it is of...

Organisation
SKL Kommentus Inköpscentral
Project
October 25, 2017United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Sustainable Public Procurement and Ecolabelling (SPPEL)

The project sought to combine the two elements of ecolabelling and sustainable public procurement to stimulate the demand and...

Organisation
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Resource
October 17, 2017India - Ministry of Railways

Sustainable management at Indian Railways: how a self-evaluation tool for barrier analysis facilitates green procurement

A self-evaluation tool for green procurement,which was developed in research projects, stimulates and thereby enhances the...

Organisation
India - Ministry of Railways
Type
Research and Studies
Regions
Asia/Pacific
Sectors
Public Procurement
Environmental Services
Resource
September 11, 2017United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Procurement of pharmaceuticals in an environmental context and its inclusion into the CSR Compass

The pharmaceutical industry was chosen as the sector to review due its complexity. In order to identify different types of...

Organisation
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Regions
Europe and Central Asia
Sectors
Public Procurement
Project
April 9, 2017Arizona State University, School of Sustainability

Advancing Green Purchasing in Japanese Municipalities

Objectives - SPRI's objectives are fourfold: 1. Develop insights about the factors facilitate/inhibit municipalities' green...

Organisation
Arizona State University, School of Sustainability
Resource
March 14, 2016United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Greening state framework contracts - Approaches in the Nordic countries

Organisation
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Regions
Europe and Central Asia
Sectors
Public Procurement