Procurement

New outsourcing contract's sustainability criteria hoped to be used as template for future government IT deals

Three-year project to switch tendering system from paper to electronic documents bears green fruit

But critics claim retailers guilty of lack of clarity over "local" claims

15Hatfield, Southwark's new green meeting and conference centre, makes a compelling case for environmentally conscious events managers

Recycling paper is all well and good but, as Tensie Whelan argues, environmentally responsible firms also have to consider where their paper comes from in the first place

Lobby group claims UK firms may be sourcing palm oil from illegal plantations

Source claims supply chain issues hampered retailer's plans to buy organic cotton

Food giant to use palm oil certified as sustainable from this year in response to concerns over cash crop's role in rainforest deforestation

Proctor & Gamble and Domtar have joined the WWF’s sustainable forests network

New "guide of guides" aims to demystify sustainable forest product claims