Case studies

Jacques Schramm in English

Jacques tells us why he joined the ISO 20400 committee and what he has been doing to promote the standard in his country, France, since it was launched.

City of London responsiblle procurement report

An honest appraisal from the City of London Authority on their progress from 2016-19 to develop a sustainable procurement programme. A good example of work in progress in public procurement.

Sustainable Procurement in South Korea

The study, centered on the exemplary case of Korea’s Green Public Procurement (GPP) policy explores the state of the art in impact measurement, with an overview of other successful international experiences.

Circular procurement case study

A case study featuring a construction project for Jaguar Land Rover in the UK demonstrating circular procurement principles and delivering savings of £2M

Circular thinking at Cheshire Police Headquarters UK

Brilliant example of collaboration across the value chain (Cheshire Police, BAM FM, Whitecroft, and the installer) to deliver a more circular economy, resulting in savings in cost, reduction in carbon, waste and material use.

Swansea City Council …. public procurement of Recycleable Flooring case study

Public Health Wales – Sustainable Procurement Case Study

Innovation, sustainable solutions and a circular economy by Zack H Abdi.

A case study by Zack H Abdi how multiple issues around sustainablility have been remedied by innovation, sustainable solutions and creating a circular economy.

Research Pilot on Measuring and Improving Sustainable Procurement with ISO 20400

This article describes the start of an applied-research pilot at Hanze University of Applied Sciences in which 22 student researchers and 10 organisations analysed the new NEVI-NEN webtool, conducted a benchmark, defined opportunity statements and improvement plans.

[Results from this pilot will be published on this website later in 2019].