Ecological criteria in NOVA public procurement, aligned with the Portuguese ECO360 strategy
Administrators and heads of procurement departments from all NOVA schools met on March 23 with experts from the Portuguese Environmental Agency and FCT NOVA to explore the adoption of ecological criteria in procurement, in line with the national strategy ECO360.
From catering to cleaning services, from electronic equipment to print paper to name few examples, there are many opportunities to include environmental criteria into the acquisition processes with impact on the reduction of pollution and carbon emissions, on resource efficiency and on the reduction of costs, mainly when taking the product life cycle.
NOVA is building on expertise to develop a plan with targets on green procurement procedures, impacts achieved and reporting practices. By using its purchasing power to choose products and services with less environmental impact, NOVA University makes an important contribution to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns and stimulate eco-innovation in industry and suppliers.
This initiative contributes directly to target 12.7 of SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production.