Third edition of “Buying Green!” Handbook published

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3rd edition (Buying Green! Handbook), April 2016

On April 2016, the European Commission published a fully revised version of Buying Green! – A Handbook on green public procurement.

The Handbook is the European Commission’s main guidance document to help public authorities buy goods and services with a lower environmental impact. It is also a useful reference for policy makers and companies responding to green tenders.

The third edition of the Handbook includes:

• Guidance on how environmental considerations can be included at each stage of the procurement process in the current EU legal framework (adopted in 2014)
• Practical examples drawn from contracting authorities across EU Member States
• Sector specific GPP approaches for buildings, food and catering services, road transport vehicles and energy-using products.

For more information, see the Commission’s website (http://bit.ly/1S8XZtM)

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