Category: Public procurement

Municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark Background The Municipality of Copenhagen aims to serve 90% organic food in its public kitchens by 2015. In order to achieve this goal, the Municipality has been working together with the Copenhagen House of Food, an...

City of Turin, Italy Background The City of Turin, located in the north-western Piedmont region in Italy, has a population of just over 900,000 people. The City Administration employs almost 11,000 people and is strongly committed to becoming a ‘smarter’...

City of Vienna, Austria Background The City of Vienna’s Sustainable Procurement Programme (SPP), Ökokauf Wien, began as a project in 1998 involving the cooperation of various departments and services of the City administration. Over 20 years later, it continues to...

City of Helsinki, Finland   Background Palmia catering services, a municipal enterprise owned by the City of Helsinki, provides catering services to the cities’  schools, daycare centers, staff restaurants, hospitals, social service centers, and retirement communities, and also delivers warm...

Municipality of Rome, Italy Procurement objectives The objective behind Rome’s approach is to support organic agriculture and organic food chains, ensure food safety and nutritional balance, and encourage good environmental performance of current and potential suppliers, through its  school meal...

City of Helsingborg (Sweden) Background The City of Helsingborg is located on Sweden’s southern coast, with about 108 000 inhabitants. The city purchases food for the whole region, focusing on providing organic and good quality food to its citizens. Helsingborg...

East Ayrshire Council, Scotland Procurement objectives East Ayrshire Council is responsible for 44 primary and nine secondary schools, offering approximately 1.3m school meals per year. A contract was advertised in 2008 to cover the supply of food and beverages to...

City of Växjö (Sweden) Background The City of Växjö is a midsized city of 93 000 inhabitants, located in the Swedish province Kronobergs län. It has strong ambitions to achieve sustainability goals in all sectors. Växjö first  committed to becoming...

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