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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

So with a grant from Schmidt Futures , we set out to build a proof of concept for our “Green Cure” AI tool. In this post as part of our series exploring the impact of AI on public procurement , we’ll outline our approach and lessons learned. A summary of the 3-level structure we used for green criteria related to furniture.

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Sustainable and Circular Procurement Practices in Public Sector Procurement

Tracker Intelligence

Public procurement encourages collaboration between government and private enterprises, in turn allowing public authorities to achieve sustainable and circular practices. The following blog will provide a more detailed exploration of creating sustainable procurement strategy, their benefits and challenges during implementation.