Aug 07

European stakeholders are providing a set of guidelines for public authorities and contracting parties to support the introduction and use of Green Public Procurement. Published in 2004, Buying Green! is a 40 page and 6 chapter handbook explaining in concrete terms how environmental considerations can be integrated into procurement procedures, public legal constraints and  including concrete [...]

Aug 06

Back to basics: Green and Sustainable

CSR, Finding Suppliers    ©2007 Jean-Philippe Massin, 1,354 views No Comments »

Yeah-yeeees… Of course you know the difference between those 2 ‘high-buzzing’ concepts which are green procurement and Sustainable procurement. However, the more I read about it, the more I see Green instead of Sustainable or vice versa. Even in my posts…oups. So, for the sake of it, give me 2′ to refresh our mind. GREEN [...]

Aug 02

Another great move from OGC

Purchasing    ©2007 Jean-Philippe Massin, 1,505 views No Comments »

Would OGC intend to be the reference in the purchasing arena, wouldn’t OGC act differently: OGC just launches an amazing and fair concept with ‘supplier complaints team’, giving its suppliers the possibility to complain about its relationship with a contracting governmental authority. The process is straightforward with just an online form to fill. You can read [...]