On this page, you will find all the materials and media that have been developed as part of FEMNET's long-standing advisory work with local authorities. Use text modules as templates for your tenders or council decisions, debunk procurement myths with our argumentation aids, and get strategic tips on how to institutionalise sustainable procurement practices.
That's how it goes! Guides for large and small municipalities
In these guidelines, procurers and decision-makers will find basic knowledge and concrete templates for integrating social criteria into procurement practice.
Special shopping aids are available for Small municipalities and KiTas.
The data on public procurement is still very patchy. This is why FEMNETs Studies on transparency (2026), on traceability (2023), and pricing (2021) sustainably produced textiles. In 2019, they were Working conditions in the production of workwear in India and Tunisia investigated.
More and more municipalities and local businesses are pretending that it works. When switching to a sustainable procurement practice, you don't have to reinvent the wheel. Instead, build on successful pilot projects from pioneering communities and companies. Step by step.
Many thanks to Qreate for the implementation of the videos.
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In 2021, four webinars provided experts from pioneering municipalities and civil society as well as lawyer André Siedenberg with their knowledge and experience.
Fairtrade Towns will receive a compact overview in their own webinar.
Sustainable procurement needs an appropriate policy framework. FEMNET is committed to change and takes a stand on current developments and legislative processes (cf. Supply Chain Act).
