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- The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has
launched a consultation, asking members of the
public to submit their ideas on tackling climate
change. Click here
to find out more.
- Funding of £300m is on offer to London
businesses to help them go green by reducing
their waste and carbon footprint. The cash is
from both the European Regional Development
Funding (ERDF) and Mayor Boris Johnson. Click here
to find out more
- Wal-Mart has announced plans to green its
supply line. The chain plans to cut 20M metric
tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global
supply chain by the end of 2015 - the equivalent
of taking more than 3.8m cars off the road for a
year. Click here
to read the full article.
- McDonald’s has stepped up efforts to bolster
its environmental credentials with the
announcement of a major new research project
designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from
UK cattle. Click here
for more information.
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On 8 March 2010 over 90 delegates from
organisations throughout London joined us to find out
more about responsible food procurement. Cyril Jobard of
the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code started
things off with an introduction to sustainable food. He
was followed by Tara Garnett of the Food Climate
Research Network who outlined the food chain’s
contribution to greenhouse gases.
Delegates then
had the opportunity to attend workshops on Responsible
supply chain management (Joanna Daniels, Business in the
Community), Identifying sustainable food (Charlotte
Jarman & Rosie Blackburn, Sustain) and Packaging
& waste (Hara Xirou & Majken Moller, Mayor of
London’s Green Procurement Code).
Rowen
West-Henzell from Compassion in World Farming looked at
animal welfare issues before Phil Roker of catering
company Vacherin outlined his organisation’s approach to
sustainability. Caroline Bennett, owner of Moshi Moshi
finished things off with a presentation on sustainable
seafood. Presentations from the event are available for
download on our website.
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Currently the hotel and restaurant
sector has the lowest levels of environmental awareness
of all business sectors. The Sustainable Restaurant
Association (SRA) hopes to change that. The SRA,
launched this month, aims to bring together restaurants
and diners to make UK restaurants global leaders in
sustainability.
The SRA wants to make it easier
for restaurants to take positive sustainable actions, to
change not only the food that people eat and enjoy, but
also the way it is sourced, transported and created.
Through practical sustainable advice and guidance, the
SRA hopes to demonstrate how restaurants can save money,
motivate employees and most importantly, bring in new
customers and grow their business.
Click here
for more information on the SRA.
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The Mayor of
London’s Green Procurement Code team will be exhibiting
at this year’s Sustainable Events Summit on April 19 at
One Wimpole Street, London. The focus for the day is on
extending knowledge from the basics of sustainable
events to the more in depth. Expert speakers and panels
will deal with a broad range of issues such as
transport, energy, waste, procurement, BS8901 and social
responsibility.
Social media will play an
important role in the Summit, with delegates invited to
join the LinkedIn group to submit questions in advance,
follow news on Twitter - @SES_London
- and suggest content to be covered in the sessions.
Click here
to view the programme, book tickets and read the latest
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From 1 April 2010 new social criteria
will be added to the UK Government’s timber procurement
policy, to add to the existing requirement that all
Government bought timber is legal and sustainable.
Central Government is estimated to purchase 20% of all
timber bought in the UK. This figure rises to 40% when
local authorities and other government bodies are
included.
The social criteria that will now be
included in the UK Government’s procurement policy are:
- Identification, documentation and respect of
legal, customary and traditional tenure and use rights
related to the forest;
- Mechanisms for resolving grievances and disputes,
including those relating to tenure and use rights, to
forest management practices and to work conditions;
and
- Safeguarding the basic labour rights and health
and safety of forest workers.
Click here
for information and advice on meeting the UK
Government’s Timber Procurement Policy. |
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City Hall -
home of the Greater London Authority - is joining the
capital’s greener buildings after being awarded Carbon
Trust status. The converted status is only awarded to
buildings able to show an accurately measured carbon
footprint, effective carbon management systems and
demonstrable work on reducing energy consumption year on
year.
The landmark building, designed by leading
architect Sir Norman Foster, was opened in July 2002 and
was designed to maximise energy efficiency. Recent
improvements including improved recycling, ongoing smart
meter installation and voltage optimisation technology
have further cut the building’s carbon footprint.
Click here
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The
Sustainable City Awards recognise and reward UK
organisations, from multinational businesses to small
charities, and promote outstanding achievements and
innovation across all aspects of sustainability. This
year’s ceremony took place on 18 February 2010 at
Mansion House, the official residence of the City of
London’s Lord Mayor.
Café Direct won the
sustainable procurement award while Green Tomato Cars,
the UK’s largest eco-friendly taxi service and a Green
Procurement Code signatory was named the overall winner
on the night and presented with the Sustainable City
Awards Trophy. The 12 category winners were chosen by a
judging panel consisting of environmental and
sustainable experts, including Green Procurement Code
Programme Manager, Graham Randles.
Click here
for the full list of winners. |
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We are pleased to introduce 2 new
members of the Green Procurement Code team – Sarah Jones
and Ben Snowdon. Sarah will be providing support to some
of our larger members while Ben will be working with
small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and schools.
We look forward to welcoming them both to the team.
We are also sad to announce that 2 long-term
members of the Green Procurement Code team, Hara Xirou
and Stewart Rutherford, are leaving us at the end of
this month. During their time working on the Green
Procurement Code they have been very valuable members of
the team. We are sorry to see them go and wish them both
the best of luck for the future. |
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The Mayor of
London’s Green Procurement Code has signed up to social
networking site Twitter. We’ll be tweeting about the
latest Green Procurement Code news and events as well as
the latest news and information on sustainable
procurement. Follow us at twitter.com/MoLGPC.
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- The Green Procurement Code team has delivered
workshops to the following signatories: London
Boroughs of Barnet, Bexley, Harrow, Croydon and
Newham; SITA; Park Royal Partnership; McGee Group; GLA
Group; Morgan Est.
- Film production company, Feering Productions has
worked with the Green Procurement Code team to produce
a short film on green procurement and the Green
Procurement Code. It is still in the editing stages
but will be available on our website in the near
future.
- The Green Procurement Code team exhibited at the
Clean
City Awards at Mansion House, where a number of
signatories won awards, including Eversheds LLP,
Henderson Global Investors, CB Richard Ellis,
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd and LRS
Consultancy.
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| Event |
Sustainable Events Summit |
| Venue |
One
Wimpole St, London |
| Date |
19 April
2010 |
| Web |
www.sustainableeventssummit.com |
| Cost |
From
£195+vat |
| About |
The
Sustainable Events Summit 2010 is a platform for
industry professionals to discuss and debate the
current state of play in sustainable events. |
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| Event |
Sustainabilitylive! |
| Venue |
NEC,
Birmingham |
| Date |
20-22
April 2010 |
| Web |
www.sustainabilitylive.com/page.cfm/Link=1/t=m/goSection=1 |
| Cost |
Free |
| About |
Sustainabilitylive! is the
home of five leading environment exhibitions,
including BEX, ET, IWEX, NEMEX and SB - The Event.
These exhibitions include hundreds of exhibitors,
insightful seminars and conferences, interactive
feature areas and lots more. |
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| Event |
The Public Procurement Show |
| Venue |
ExCel,
London |
| Date |
15-16
June 2010 |
| Web |
www.publicprocurementshow.com/page.cfm/ID=1 |
| Cost |
Free |
| About |
The
Public Procurement Show offers an exceptional
package of procurement solutions from the UK’s
most innovative suppliers, dynamic features and an
informative and comprehensive conference
programme. |
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| Event |
Futuresource |
| Venue |
ExCel,
London |
| Date |
15-17
June 2010 |
| Web |
www.futuresourceuk.com/FUTURESOURCE/Home/2010-Home.aspx |
| Cost |
Entrance
to the trade fair is free and the conference is
available on a per day fee |
| About |
The
Futuresource exhibition is the UK-based European
showcase for the sustainability sector. Covering
everything from traditional waste management
services to new technologies for renewable energy,
the exhibition is divided into six key zones
making it easy to find your way around. |
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The Better Building
Partnership has launched a Sustainability
Benchmarking Toolkit. The toolkit presents the
BBP’s experience of sustainability benchmarking,
and proposes some principles for best practice.
The Carbon Trust has developed an online
tutorial to help businesses cut carbon and cut
costs.
A new guide from CIPS and
Traidcraft will help practitioners to ‘buy better’
from the developing world, using economic, social
and environmental performance as key success
indicators. Click here
to read Win Win: Achieving Sustainable Procurement
with the Developing World.
Green
Street is the Envirowise virtual tour designed
to help your business become more resource
efficient.
Don’t forget you can access the
latest publications and reports on our website.
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The Mayor of London’s
Green Procurement Code team wish you a
very
happy and sustainable Easter
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All submissions should include
an accompanying image.
Text will be edited
before use. We cannot guarantee that submissions
will be included. |
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