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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (IV - vehicles)

Telles.eu

It seems then that for the Portuguese Government vehicle efficiency only matters for internal combustion and not for all types of vehicles. For electric vehicles we refer to energy, not fuel consumption and for hydrogen ones I simply do not know. This is, self-evidently, discriminatory and as thus, illegal.

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

Telles.eu

Furthermore, it is inevitable food complying with this requirement will be more expensive than the alternatives so that means paying more for the same amount of food or having less food and produced with less efficient methods.

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How South Korea enables its green transition through green public procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

South Korea has been a pioneer of green public procurement (GPP) since 2005 , when the Environment Ministry enacted legislation mandating government agencies to buy “green products” whenever possible. These categories were established in a consultation process with relevant stakeholders and revised seven times.

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Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Why we prioritized furniture procurement We wanted to test our approach on one product category that governments buy regularly and that, in the EU, have clearly defined green requirements designed to reduce the environmental impact of a purchase. Simplify criteria: Green requirements do not need to be complicated sentences.

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Sustainable and Circular Procurement Practices in Public Sector Procurement

Tracker Intelligence

Procurement promotes the use of digital tools, resources and applications to drive sustainable innovation across multiple sectors and determine the systems needed to achieve a more environmentally conscious transition. Creating more resource efficiency can assist with things such as lowering energy consumption, among other things.