1. Workshop Session 5 - Guidance and Help Available

2. Guidance and Toolkits Contract Clauses - specifications Toolkits and guidance Case studies Standards and labels Green product catalogues

3. Sustainable Procurement Information Network SPIN- Sustainable Procurement Information Network SPIN was launched and is maintained as part of an East Midlands Centre of Excellence sustainable procurement project. http://www.s-p-i-n.co.uk/index.asp Provides links to a wide range of resources. Case studies Specification Guidance and toolkits Templates

4. Capital Ambition Former London ‘Centre of Excellence’ Case studies Toolkits Policies and strategies http://www.lcpe.gov.uk/sustainable/Default.asp

5. Capital Ambition Specification and guidance for a range of products: Furniture Print services Vehicles Rocksalt Badged renewable energy Concrete Leisure Centre provision Facilities management Meals on wheels Highways Good examples of supplier engagement

11. GreenSpecs Green build specifications Guidance Toolkits http://www.greenspec.co.uk/html/products/productscontent.html

12. Specifying Building Materials BRE has ‘green’ guide to specifications for all major categories of building material

13. What do we mean by eco-labels and environmental standards Any ideas?

14. Standards BS8903 – A standard for Sustainable Procurement, which will provide guidance to the profession on how to adopt and measure their progress to ensuring that their procurement delivers not just the usual economic goals, but also social and economic objectives as well. Currently under development – linked to EMS ISO14001 – Eco-Management and Audit Scheme ISO 14020 Eco-labels – standard for eco-labels and declarations

15. Standards PAS 2050 a new standard launched by BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra. The standard is a consistent way of counting the greenhouse gas emissions embedded in goods and services throughout their entire life cycle – from sourcing raw materials, through to manufacture, distribution, use and disposal. The Carbon Trust has already piloted PAS 2050 with 75 product ranges across a wide range of companies

16. Standards

18. ESPO Sustainable products catalogue Microgeneration Energy Products Energy Efficient Products, including Energy Saving devices Products made from Recycled Materials Products and Services for Sustainable Parks management including Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)

19. Procura + is an initiative designed to help support public authorities in implementing Sustainable Procurement The Campaign was established in 2004 by ICLEI Tools Strategies and policies Case Studies Examples of specifications and contract clauses http://www.procuraplus.org /

20. WRAP Procurement Guidance WRAP provides guidance for the procurement process to help construction clients and contractors achieve good practice. WRAPs 'model wording' covers waste reduction, waste recovery and greater use of recovered materials at all stages of a project, including web-based guidance on Model Procurement Requirements. Waste Recovery Quick Wins, Requirements and Clauses http://www.wrap.org.uk /

21. South East Sustainable Procurement Project The Exemplar councils have reviewed selected product areas in conjunction with the CBC (Central Buying Consortium) to provide evidence of environmental impact reduction in a number of micro spend areas that could lead to "Quick Wins" across the SE Region. 5 product reviews have been completed for: Bio-diesel fuel Fair Trade tea & coffee Recycled paper & card stationery Long life light bulbs & tubes Hot air hand dryers v.recycled paper hand towels 4 councils across the SE Region - Lewes District Council, Crawley Borough Council, Woking Borough Council and Canterbury City Council - worked with the SP Project manager to achieve level 1 requirement for their Councils, and to show the other 70 councils in the Region how it could be done. Their work has led to the creation of a comprehensive Sustainable Procurement covering all the requirements for evidence of achieving level 1.

22. SMART SPP SMART SPP: innovation through sustainable procurement is a three year project designed to promote the introduction of new, innovative low carbon emission technologies and integrated solutions onto the European market. This will be done through encouraging early market engagement between public authority procurers and suppliers and developers of new innovative products and services in the pre-procurement phase of public tendering. http://www.smart-spp.eu/index.php?id=7413