This guidance sets out the policy framework, strategic thinking and planning recommended before embarking on a public procurement process, engaging the market and considering of the various steps of the procurement hierarchy.

This collection of best practices aims to clarify what Circular Procurement is and what its potentials are. It is intended to inspire procurement staff to look at products, to ask different questions, to analyse the needs in the organisations and to challenge the market to deliver a more circular supply of products and services.

The factsheet aims to explain how the procurement of bio-based products and services fits into the circular economy. The factsheet addresses the question: does encouraging the public procurement of bio-based products contribute to fostering a circular economy?

SUITS aims to enhance the capacity of the local authorities and of other stakeholders in terms of innovative procurement in compliance with the latest European legislation on public procurement and on public passenger transport services.

This report details numerous instances of governments, the private sector, donors and international organizations adopting sustainability in their supply chains.

The guide describes the various tools that facilitate the integration of social criteria in public procurement, including verification schemes and validation, management systems, certifications, and explains the benefits of this practice for governments, companies and society.

A study produced by Adelphi as part of a services contract for the European Commission to support the High Level Group on Corporate Social Responsibility. It addresses potential success factors and challenges for addressing CSR issues in EU company supply chains.

The GSCP Reference tool on supply chain Social Performance Management Systems (SPMS) has been developed by and for buying organisations (retailers and manufacturers) to support them in monitoring and improving social compliance
performance in the whole supply chain.
The Reference tool is based on best existing practices, common approaches and shared standards, and is designed to reflect and be aligned with relevant international standards and in particular with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It can be used either to provide a general framework for an organisation wishing to create a SPMS, or as a benchmark for an organisation seeking to improve or develop an established SPMS.

The LANDMARK project was about enabling European local authorities to act as key drivers for the promotion of fair and decent working conditions in global supply chains for certain products purchased by the European public sector in order to help to improve the living and working conditions of workers in Asia and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa particularly in the textiles, food, construction and electronics sectors.