Dear colleague,

Welcome to the May edition of the Green Public Procurement (GPP) News Alert.

A quick look at this month’s headlines:

• European Commission launches GPP training programme and toolkit
• Interview: Portugal’s first ‘green deal’ promoting circular economy through public procurement
• Good practice examples:
  • A low carbon, circular economy approach to concrete procurement - City of Zurich (Switzerand)
  • Furniture framework applying circular economy principles - City of Malmö (Sweden)
• Road transport: outcomes from the last GPP Helpdesk webinar
• Legal requirement for sustainable food in France
• Zero emission deliveries in cities: new guidance for procurers published
• Conference in Budapest on sustainable public procurement, 5-6 June

Enjoy reading!

Kind regards,

EU GPP Helpdesk
Tel: +49 761 368 920
E-mail: gpp-helpdesk@iclei.org
Web: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/index_en.htm