ICLEI EUROPE FACTSHEET ON SPP - Sustainable Public Procurement at ICLEI Europe

Firstly, Sustainable public procurement (SPP) is about using public spending to achieve social and environmental objectives and to strategically use the public sector's economic power to catalyse innovation both in the private and public sectors. [...] The Sustainable and Innovation Procurement (SIP) team at ICLEI Europe focuses on promoting Green Public procurement (GPP), including circular procurement, to help city governments and other public authorities reduce their environmental impact through the purchase of sustainable goods and services. [...] ✪ Advocates at the European level and puts forward recommendations for policies and tools that ✪ Conducts research, and develops methodologies support the implementation of sustainable public and tools to support the implementation of procurement at various levels of governance. [...] And the Procura+ Awards highlights sustainable, and innovation procurements and initiatives and give visibility to the most dynamic, forward-looking and innovative public authorities and their initiatives. [...] RESOURCES ✪ Explore the Case studies on GPP; extensive list of common characteristics that foster the adoption of sustainable and intelligent ✪ The Procura+ Manual is a one stop shop for solutions in procurement processes; strategic public procurement guidance and case studies; ✪ ICLEI also curated a collection of 15 case studies that illustrate how local authorities can support ✪ See the 71 Good.