The guidance on how to reduce the environmental impact caused by public
sector consumption and how to use Green Public Procurement (GPP) to
stimulate innovation in environmental technologies, products and
services is described by the "Public procurement for an better environment" document.
At the BioFach 2013, IFOAM EU Group organised a seminar on the Green Public Procurement. The seminar was moderated by Andrzej Szeremeta (IFOAM EU Group) with invited speakers Dr. Niels Heine Kristensen (Aalborg University) and Mr. Mark Stein (Salford University Business School).
During the European Organic Conference, organised by IFOAM EU Group in Denmark 2012, the importance of the GPP came into discussion. A full workshop session on promoting sustainable and healthy food consumption - organic label, promotional measures and green public procurement, took place. The presentations of the Congress session "Green public procurement as a way to healthier life styles and sustainable food supply" deliver good examples and more info about procurement of organic food:
