IISD country projects on Sustainable Public Procurement

IISD launches early SPP initiatives in India and South Africa.

India
IISD/TERI collaboration continues in the India SPP project, which investigates how early SPP policies and actions could be designed. The project will include a detailed review of national procurement procedures and practices and study the feasibility of using the India Bureau of Energy Efficiency - Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC) as a preliminary entry point. The primary objective is, however, to engage and consult with public sector organizations, public sector undertakings (majority state-owned enterprises), key suppliers to the public sector and other stakeholders to introduce SPP, discuss its business case and identify options for the design and delivery of early SPP efforts in India.
South Africa
IISD is collaborating with Incite Sustainability to take a first look into the potential launch of pilot SPP initiatives in South Africa. The project will include a review of prevailing legislative and institutional frameworks on "green" procurement and black economic empowerment, and identify potential points of entry for SPP. Preliminary stakeholder consultations will also be undertaken to introduce SPP, discuss its business case and identify options for the design and delivery of early SPP efforts in South Africa.

The Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI)

The Sustainable Commodity Initiative was launched in 2003 through an IISD-UNCTAD Partnership and has provided a concrete vehicle for SMART project development and implementation. The SCI, now a partnership of IISD-UNCTAD-AidEnvironment and UNCTAD, aims to promote sustainable commodity production and trade by improving awareness of, learning between and appropriate policy responses to voluntary initiatives operative in the commodities sector. To see what the SCI is currently doing and learn more about voluntary initiatives operating in commodity supply chains, please visit the SCI Web site.

Key SCI projects:

Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST)

The Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) is an association of socially oriented financial service providers and other stakeholders committed to promoting improved access to finance for producers of sustainable commodities. More specifically, FAST aims to improve producer access to "small and medium enterprise trade finance" by providing a central point of contact, cooperation and information between financial service providers, producers and related stakeholders in international supply chains. To become a member of FAST or learn more, visit the FAST Web site.

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