Green Public Procurement (GPP) News Alert

In November 2023, the Government of Estonia adopted a Public Procurement Strategy that seeks to improve the quality of public purchasing and realise the potential of strategic public procurement in the country. It aims to work towards fulfilling the country’s long-term development strategy, called “Estonia 2035”.

Interview with the Green Public Procurement Research Group at the University of Alcalá, which is coordinated by Ximena Lazo Vitoria (pictured). The research group recently carried out a study titled ‘Is public procurement in Spain sufficiently green?: An empirical study of school canteens’ which aimed to provide information to support public decisions-making and for social and economic actors in the food sector.

In order to commission the design of a comprehensive data collection process/methodology to establish the size and scope of the social enterprise population in Ireland, this tender took an innovative approach by requiring a partnership approach with social enterprises stakeholders as an award criterion for the development of a data collection system and the conduction of the research exercise.

The Barcelona Municipal Infrastructures SA (BIMSA) aimed to transform its personnel transport to be more sustainable by procuring a new rental contract for vehicles in a way that prioritises environmental benefits without compromising the needs of mobility of their technicians, especially regarding site visits.