Clean and green, today and tomorrow.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 7:19 PM
A webinar on procuring sustainable construction projects will be held on April 23 as part of the European Commission’s EU Helpdesk on green public procurement (GPP).
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 1:46 PM
The launch of the new national contract for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on 1 April has introduced a new opportunity for councils to support fair trade. Sylvia Gray, Chair of the SSN Steering Group and fair trade lead at East Dunbartonshire Council, has worked with Scotland Excel to create provisions to help councils to source products more ethically.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 1:38 PM
The European Commission is calling on public procurement bodies to submit proposals for collaborative, cross-border projects that support “buyers groups” in utilising Public Procurement of Innovation. The projects should improve the economic framework conditions for innovation, and contribute to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The deadline for submissions is 28 May 2013.
Monday, 18 March 2013, 2:40 PM
A new report from the OECD, Public Procurement for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth: Enabling reform through evidence and peer reviews, aims to help governments in reforming procurement policy and practice, changing it into a tool to reach strategic goals.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013, 3:48 PM
All of North Ayrshire's primary schools, together with Arran High School, have been awarded the Soil Association's prestigious gold Food for Life Catering Mark for their new spring menus, which will be introduced into the schools from 11 March 2013.The new menus will focus on the use of more Scottish and local suppliers and produce.
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 12:10 PM
Scotland achieved Fairtrade Nation status last week, becoming just the second country in the world to do so.
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 10:30 AM
On 3 March 2013, an EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) comes into effect to stop the circulation of illegally logged wood in the European Union. This will affect all Scottish local authorities and other public sector organisations.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 4:34 PM
The SSN Sustainable Procurement Working Group (SPWG) had its inaugural meeting of 2013 last week to address how SSN can support sustainable procurement over the next twelve months.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 4:28 PM
The Procurement Reform Bill has moved another stage forward, following a meeting last week of the Sustainable Procurement Steering Group, on which SSN sits. The Sustainable Procurement Steering Group is a short-life group that was set up to advise the Scottish Government on the development of the Bill, and last week's meeting focused on responses to the Bill consultation period, which ran from August to November last year. SSN submitted a response during this period, based on input from members and their procurement colleagues.
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 5:48 PM
23 of the 32 Scottish Local Authorities have made pledges to the WWF campaign ‘What Wood You Choose?’ to integrate sustainable timber into their procurement processes in a bid to help reduce illegal logging.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 3:33 PM
Determined to help Scotland’s public sector lead the way in good sustainable procurement practice, in 2011/12 Zero Waste Scotland rolled out a training programme to about 350 staff with procurement responsibilities in Scotland. This training was supported by the Scottish Government.
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 2:42 PM
The Nourish Conference – ‘Scotland’s Food 2020: Healthier, Wealthier, Greener, Smarter, Fairer’ – takes place at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh on 28 and 29 September 2012. The conference will address a number of challenges and opportunities facing Scotland’s food system.
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 2:15 PM
The City of Edinburgh Council has been recognised by WWF for work done to ensure timber and wood products it purchases come from sustainable sources that protect the world’s forests and the local communities they support.
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 5:16 PM
On 10th August the Scottish Government launched a public consultation on the Procurement Reform Bill; a major aspect of which is the promotion of sustainable procurement.
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 4:14 PM
On 3 August, Falkirk Council announced that it had gained a WWF-UK silver pledge award for its work on sustainable timber procurement.
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