Making procurement more sustainable in small communities – University of Klagenfurt

photoiron/AdobestockIn the FokoKEM project, an interdisciplinary team tried to find out how public procurement can be evaluated and optimised in small communities in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The project focused on the idea that procurement decisions, even if often considered purely administrative, play a key role in shaping the ecological footprint of a community.The research was based on real procurement data provided by two com…