Launch of Green Public Procurement Action Plan

The first green public procurement action plan (Green Tenders) has been launched in Ireland:

'The overall objective of Green Tenders is to assist public authorities to successfully plan and implement green public procurement (GPP). Public authorities are major consumers, spending some €14 billion annually. Clearly, Ireland's public sector has considerable leverage to stimulate the marketplace in favour of the provision of more resource-efficient, less polluting, goods, services and works.

'Eight priority areas

This initial action plan has focused on eight priority areas: Construction, Energy, Transport, Food and Catering Services, Cleaning Products and Services, Paper, Uniforms and Textiles, and ICT.'

Click here for more information (source: environ.ie).