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Leave us a short comment or information.Local authorities, regional and national public bodies are key players as:
- policy makers through favourable legislative framework creation,
- clients and investors through green public procurements (GPP),
- owners and promoters.
Local authorities will be contacted directly or through Municipalities associations and networks at European, national and regional level.
Public authorities are major building consumers in Europe, spending some 16 % of the EU’s Gross Domestic Product. By using their purchasing power to opt for goods and services that also respect the environment they can make an important contribution towards sustainable development.
Green purchasing is also about setting an example and influencing the market-place[1]. As it has highlighted in its COM (2008) “Public Procurement for a better environment”, Green Public Procurement (GPP) has a high potential to boost the competitiveness of European industry by stimulating innovation in eco-technologies[2].
Sustainable procurement is at an earlier stage than GPP but Public authorities are little by little adopting these practices. e.g: the UK Government Sustainable Procurement Action Plan[3].
More on GPP: here
Boosting Green Public Procurement (GPP) processes: here
[1] Commission staff working document “Buying green!” A handbook on environmental public procurement Brussels, 18.8.2004 SEC(2004) 1050
[2] COM (2008) “Public Procurement for a better environment”
[3] http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/publications/pdf/SustainableProcurementActionPlan.pdf
