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Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for performance standards of water consumption rates for systems that use water.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for cleaning products: requirements for sprays, packaging and banned chemicals.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for office paper and envelopes: bleaching, recycled content, mill broke content.
Help for those operating or regulating activities that are covered by the greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme regulations 2012.
Sets out the definition of ‘legal’ and ‘sustainable’ under the UK government Timber Procurement Policy.
Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for timber and wood-based products.
Standard rules for installing an access culvert no more than 5 metres long.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for textiles used for uniforms, furnishings and dishcloths: banned dyes, retardants, pesticides.
A guide that shares lessons learnt on sustainable procurement of construction projects from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for plants, soil products, fertilisers, garden machinery, hydraulic fluids and chainsaw lubricants.
This is a legal document for the sector association and outlines their obligations in the Climate Change Agreements (CCA) scheme.
A legal document for the sector association which outlines their obligations in the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) scheme.
Information on the Nutrient Management Plan developed by the Environment Agency, Natural England and Wiltshire Council for the Hampshire Avon.
The framework is a self assessment mechanism that allows organisations to measure and monitor their progress on sustainable procurement over time.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for vehicles.
This document is a legal charging scheme that sets out the Environment Agency's charges in respect to climate change agreements (CCA).
How to check whether a forest source is managed in a legal and sustainable way: for buyers and suppliers of timber.
Timber suppliers: how to gather category B evidence to show compliance with legal and sustainable criteria in Timber Procurement Policy (TPP).
To help practitioners realise the cost savings associated with implementing more sustainable practices when procuring goods and services, as well as meeting the Greening Government Commitments.
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