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The City of Ludwigsburg in Germany wanted to award a two-year framework agreement for office supplies that were aligned with cradle-to-cradle principles to reduce overall environmental impact and resource demand. The city procured office stationery and materials like...
The City of Lappeenranta in Finland committed to reducing CO2 emissions and, in 2017, focused on reducing emissions within transport and fleet. The city aimed to use procurement to introduce a fully electric car-sharing service for city employees and third parties...
The case studies presented by UK’s Business in the Community showcase the possibility of achieving carbon reduction and waste minimization targets using procurement. The Facilities & Building Management sector is a large contributor to landfill waste and carbon...
In 2018, the City of Richmond, in collaboration with the National Zero Waste Council and Lafarge Canada, initiated a pilot to build market confidence in using recycled asphalt in paving and road applications. In November 2020, 800-metres of road was paved with asphalt...
This procurement aimed to purchase IT equipment for 1,000 workstations in a way that supported circular supply business models. In particular, it sought to procure products and materials that can be used again at the end-of-life use phase. While it was it was...
The Dutch government generates 30,000 units of discarded data media IT equipment annually. Historically, this hardware has been shredded – for data protection, cost reduction, and environmental reasons – with the scrap sold on the open market. However, the government...