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Useful Links

Sustainable Procurement - General

• Procura Plus Campaign supports public authorities across Europe in implementing sustainable procurement.
• Local government action plan has been drawn up in response to the recommendations of the Sustainable Procurement Taskforce delivered in June 2006.
• Mayor's Green Procurement Code launched in March 2001 aims to encourage businesses and local authorities in London to purchase goods made from recycled materials.
• Sustainable Procurement Information Network website designed to help UK local authorities procure sustainably.
• Sustainable Procurement Cupboard provides case studies, tools, documents and contacts.
• ESPO Sustainable products and services catalogue

 1. Construction

• BRE provides general information on best practice for sustainability in building construction.
• Greenspec lists building materials, compares their environmental impacts and suggested preferences.
• OGC Achieveing Excellence in Construction Procurement - Sustainability
• WRAP construction procurement general advice from pre-design to demolition.
• WRAP Recycled content of mainsteam construction products.
• AggRegain guide to procuring recycled aggregate in highways works.
• WWF FTN Responsible Purchasing of Forest Products.
• WWF FTN Keep It Legal, guide to keeping illegal timber out of your supply chain.

2. Health and Social Work

• Healthcare without harm aims to reduce harm to human health and the environment by proposing the adoption of Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) into all stages of the purchasing process.
  

• ICLEI Buy Fair guide for European public authorities wishing to buy Fair Trade products.
• Caroline Walker Trust nutrition guidelines for the young and elderly.
• DEFRA Food Assurance Schemes and Standards information.
• Soil Associations Food for Life targets for School Meals.
• Sustainable Food in Care Catering, a joint project between Sustain and the NACC looking at procurement opportunities for sustainable food in residential care homes.
• Market prices for fresh organic produce and non-organic produce.
• GOL PSFPI seasonal food charts for salads, fruits and vegetables including producers.
• Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) works to safeguard and promote the consumption of sustainable fish.
• English Farming & Food Partnerships (EFFP) works to encourage collaborative approaches to supply food in the public sector. 
  

• WRAP international study of LCA on the benenfits of recycling.
• London Remade assisting the private and public sector to recycle and buy recycled.  

• WRAP Paper Advocacy Team information sheets including life cycle analysis of recycled paper and suggested specifications.
• WRAP Case Studies on using recycled paper.

7. Energy

• LCE Energy Project led by LB Haringey promoting best practice in energy procurement.

• Open Source Software providing economic benefits and the potential to improve software compatibility across computer models and thus longevity of the equipment.
• Brother makes the only printers to have met the rigorous TCO ’99 the most rigorous green standard for office equipment.

• Energy Saving Trust Ways to Travel for travel plans, alternative travel and reducing the need; EST Vehicles for low carbon vehicles and alternative fuels; EST Efficient Driving for fleet management
• EU vehicle emission standards that can be referred to in contract specifications.
• EU non-road mobile machinery standards that can be referred to in contract specifications.

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