Objective Public Procurement in Europe adds up to some 12% of total GNP. It entails a big potential for stimulating sustainable production, closing material cycles and avoiding waste. For this reason, authorities have been developing "green" procurement practices for more than 20 years. Nevertheless the strategic potential the innovations triggered in the economy still appear to be marginal. A European strategy is missing and no data is available, that would indicate the aggregated potential for environmental relief through green purchasing practices. The project aims at closing this data gap and develops a set of policy tools to implement a European strategy. The central idea is that the empirical data helps to focus on strategies with the highest relief and waste avoiding potential, which can be applied by authorities throughout Europe. Aggregated purchasing power will trigger off shifts on the supply-side of the market towards sustainability. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-4. - Key action City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH - THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES EU contribution No data Address Eschholzstrasse 86 79115 FREIBURG (IN BREISGAU) Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Hungary EU contribution No data Address Angyal Utca 15/B 4 1094 BUDAPEST See on map Total cost No data DK-TEKNIK ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Denmark EU contribution No data Address Gladsaxe Moellevej 15 2860 SOEBORG See on map Total cost No data DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Germany EU contribution No data Address Blasewitzer Strasse 84-88 01037 DRESDEN See on map Total cost No data ICLEI ASIA PACIFIC SECRETARIAT, JAPAN OFFICE Japan EU contribution No data Address 1-9-7 Azabudai, Minato-ku 106-0041 TOKYO See on map Total cost No data ICLEIC CANADA - INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES CANADA Canada EU contribution No data Address 100 Queen street West M5H 2N2 TORONTO See on map Total cost No data INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY, WORK AND CULTURE Austria EU contribution No data Address Schloegelgasse 2 GRAZ See on map Total cost No data MISKOLC CITY OF COUNTY RANK Hungary EU contribution No data Address Varoshaz ter 8 3525 MISKOLC See on map Total cost No data MUNICIPALITY OF KOLDING Denmark EU contribution No data Address Nytorv 11 6000 KOLDING See on map Total cost No data VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Austria EU contribution No data Address 11,Karlsgasse 11/2 1040 WIEN See on map Total cost No data VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM - VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERWIJS Netherlands EU contribution No data Address De Boelelaan 1115 1081 HV AMSTERDAM See on map Total cost No data