© Ben Wicks - unsplash.com Shopping aid for kindergartens published Whether rain jacket, sweater or mud pants: Nurses also buy clothes. FEMNET advises care facilities on finding fair alternatives. Now we have put together the most important information in a shopping aid. Details Published: 09 June 2020 Read more …
Under the magnifying glass: Evidence management in fair urban procurement FEMNET accompanied the public tenders of the cities of Bonn, Cologne and Stuttgart. Now let's summarize our findings in a handbook: In particular, we use quality labels and questionnaires to take a closer look at the documentation. Details Published: 27 May 2020 Read more …
© maxxyustas- depositphotos.com Impulse consulting as an online seminar The current COVID-19 pandemic makes face-to-face events more difficult. Therefore, in addition to our regular offer, there is currently also the possibility to arrange an impulse consultation via online seminar. In this format, too, we offer tailor-made support in the form of impulse advice for decision-makers, procurers and users of clothing and shoes. According to the respective initial situation, we jointly identify which of the next steps to implement your eco-fair procurement project and Which actors You need them for that. Our workshop offer is aimed at municipalities of all sizes throughout Germany and can take place, for example, on the FEMNET Webex account or your own video conferencing tool. Contact us and we will be with you digitally soon. Details Published: 11 May 2020 Read more …
© Greyson Joralemon - unsplash.com Good advice: City of Mannheim strengthens fair procurement The City of Mannheim sets itself ambitious goals: With its mission statement 2030, it wants to focus on fair procurement. FEMNET accompanied the Mannheim city administration in 2018 and 2019 to launch this project. Details Published: 25 April 2020 Read more …
© Markus Spiske - unsplash.com Fair uniforms: Law and order in procurement Berlin and Brandenburg want to be fairer: In the future, the employees of the public service should wear sustainable service clothing. FEMNET is currently advising the Central Procurement Office for Brandenburg. This procures workwear bundled for both federal states. Details Published: 25 April 2020 Read more …
© FEMNET Fair procurement made easy: the Digital Allocation Tool Procurement procedures contain their pitfalls. The inclusion of minimum social and environmental standards often does not make things easier. But even with little experience, a fair award is feasible. Together with lawyer André Siedenberg, FEMNET has developed a digital award tool: an online decision-making aid for all those who want to procure fairer. Details Published: 24 March 2020 Read more …
© City of Bonn Barbara Frommann Fair procurement in small municipalities - handbook published More and more municipalities are making their way to get fairer. However, the concrete implementation is not always so simple. FEMNET has advised smaller municipalities on fair purchasing practices. Now let's take the “lessons learnt“ in one manual together: Our examples show that there are ways to achieve something - even if the staffing level is thin, the political backing is (still) lacking or there are legal uncertainties. Details Published: 18 March 2020 Read more …
© FEMNET Very exemplary: the District of Fürth The district of Fürth dares to: Since 2016, its member municipalities have been working together to make public purchases more socially equitable step by step. They reinforce each other, they coordinate strategies and they share procurement data. In the district of Fürth, many positive aspects intertwine: Active and dedicated Fairtrade Town steering groups that don't let up. The insight that fair procurement can be easier than thought. And the necessary political backing to make fair procurement also possible ‘from above’. Details Published: 17 March 2020 Read more …
© FEMNET Well protected? Exploitation for European workwear - studies published Extremely low wages, fixed-term contracts and the suppression of trade unions: Two new studies by FEMNET criticize precarious working conditions in the production of workwear in India and Tunisia. Such goods are also purchased by public institutions in Germany. Details Published: 20 February 2020 Read more …
© CIR - Christian Initiative Romero The ‘golden exploiter’ goes to the Federal Government! Organizations hand over more than 2,000 signed protest postcards and open letter. For their outstanding achievements in the field of Deportation of human rights responsibility Several organizations presented the award to the federal government last week. ‘The Golden Exploiter’. The satirical action was Alliance for Fair Trade, the CorA network, the Supply Chain Act initiative, the CCC and WEED carried out. Details Published: 23 January 2020 Read more …
© FEMNET Public procurement "on the button" – new content in fair procurement training Under what conditions is workwear made? What are the new public procurement directives? And how do companies view fair workwear? With questions like these, we put public procurement back on the button during our multiplier training in October 2019. Details Published: 02 December 2019 Read more …
