Dear colleague,

Welcome to the March 2021 edition of the Green Public Procurement (GPP) News Alert.

A quick look at this month’s headlines:

• New green purchasing criteria for computers, monitors, tablets and smartphones
• Interview: European Green Capital Lahti uses procurement to achieve green goals - Tarinka Ringvall, City of Lahti (Finland)
• Good Practice: Incentivising energy use improvements in sports centres - Municipality of Getxo (Basque Country, Spain)
• Good Practice: Piloting sustainable school furniture procurement in Latvia - Smiltene County, (Latvia)
• Zoom in on… Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS)
• Zoom in on… Social responsibility
• Zoom in on… PhD in sustainable procurement
• Zoom in on… Textiles

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