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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (III - food procurement)

Telles.eu

Pigs are reared in similar ways both in the Alentejo and Andalusia, so from an actual sustainability point of view, the product is equivalent. This is a protectionist measure of the type I have been warning about for ten years how sustainability was going to be weaponised as a protectionist move.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Affecting around 4000 public buyers, the decree defines procurement as ‘green’ if it uses green criteria, recognized certificates, ecolabels or environmental management systems for no less than 50% of total procurement value. In 2023, the LPPO added a set of key sustainability performance indicators to its procurement dashboard.

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The principle of competition is dead. Long live the principle of competition (Free webinar)

How to Crack a Nut

Dagne Sabockis, ‘ The Principle of Competition in the Context of Green Public Procurement – the Case of Green Award Criteria ’ (2023) 18(4) EPPPL 237-243 (£/€). Trygve Harlem Losnedahl, ‘The General Principle of Competition is Dead’ (2023) 2 PPLR 85-98 (£/€).

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The Public Procurement Glossary

Tracker Intelligence

Governments aim to support ethical, sustainable businesses while getting the best value. Contract Award Criteria The contract award criteria are the factors that decide which bid wins. It considers evaluation criteria like quality, sustainability, innovation and overall value to select the best supplier.

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Striving for data excellence: How the Netherlands’ TenderNed is enabling procurement insights for government and public users

Open Contracting Partnership

They are also working on tools to help contracting authorities to analyze their own data, for example, to monitor the average lead time of their tenders, or decide which award criteria to use when preparing a tender. Visit OCP’s blog for more on how OCDS complements eForms ). Environment, people and society have to profit from it!

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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

These policies can also provide greater resilience to the economy and address the distributional impacts of the transition, safeguarding the sustainability of public finances and avoiding the emergence of stranded assets. The following is a summary of the main opportunities found in this new publication.

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Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Introducing more sustainable procurement policies and processes presents an enormous opportunity for public authorities to not only contribute to reaching carbon emission reduction goals but also to drive sustainable societal and economic development. At present, the low adoption of green criteria is the main barrier.