Ecosistemi

Ecosistemi has over ten years of consultancy experience in sustainable development, particularly on the implementation of tools for sustainable consumption and production. It is the leading consulting company in Italy for GPP (Green Public Procurement) and has a long standing experience in European funds for sustainability.

 

Sustainable Procurement Activities

Ecosistemi has been working on the development and implementation of policies and strategies for GPP since 2002. It has supported numerous public authorities in carrying out the following activities:

  • Elaboration of action plans for GPP for the Province of Cremona, Province of Cagliari and Province of Rome (whose action plan falls under the provincial strategy for climate change)
  • Supporting the development of environmental criteria in public tenders for the Region Lazio and Province of Rome
  • Preparing guidelines for GPP implementation for the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection, Municipality of Pisa and Province of Cremona.


Ecosistemi has designed and implemented training courses on GPP for many Italian public authorities, including: Consip-National Purchasing Agency, Province of Cremona, Regional Agency of Environmental Protection of Lazio, Municipality of Arezzo, Formez, Region Marche and Region Lombardia. It has assisted public organisations in the definition and implementation of communication plans that target enterprises and potential suppliers by, for example:

  • Supporting the Province of Cremona in the completion of informative material for suppliers within the Life+ project GPPinfoNET (The Green Public Procurement Information Network) and EIE project DEEP (Dissemination of Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings), and organising roundtables for suppliers and representative municipalities from the province
  • Supporting the Province of Cagliari in the development of its GPP strategy through early supplier engagement


Ecosistemi is the co-organiser of the Green Purchasing International Forum: CompraVerde - BuyGreen that takes place every year in Cremona. Since its launch, Ecosistemi has organised a number of initiatives, such as a series of GPP training seminars known as “GPP from A to Z”, the CompraVerde Award for the best GPP policy and the best green tender, and the Green Contact which is a contact point set up between suppliers and consumers. The event also became the first Italian Forum to obtain BS8901 certification for the sustainable management of events in 2009.

Since 2005, Ecosistemi was appointed the Technical Secretary of the National Working Group on GPP for Local Agenda 21 where it delivered the Life+ project GPPinfoNET, whereby 6 regional GPP networks were created in Italy and another 3 in Europe (Romania, Poland and Spain). Several of these regional networks focus on the use of GPP as a tool for CO2 reduction and promotion of energy efficiency.

Ecosistemi is also currently a partner of the Province of Cremona, Region Liguria and Region Sardegna.

In 2010 Ecosistemi signed an agreement to become the Italian national partner of ICLEI for the Procura+ Campaign.