Finland
Good Practice Examples from Finland:
City of Helsinki
Keywords: Finland,public sector,househould appliances
Summary: Purchasing centre of the City of Helsinki answer for city’s mutual purchases in product units ordered by city government.
City of Turku (green power)
Keywords: Finland,public sector,green electricity
Summary: The competitive tendering of purchases of volume products are centralized in the City of Turku. The ordering is divided for different branches of administration. The administrative branches tender purchases in their own field of speciality.
City of Turku (IT)
Keywords: Finland,public sector,office equipment
Summary: The competitive tendering of purchases of volume products are centralized in the City of Turku. The ordering is divided for different branches of administration. The administrative branches tender purchases in their own field of speciality.
City of Turku (lighting)
Keywords: Finland,public sector,lighting
Summary: The competitive tendering of purchases of volume products are centralized in the City of Turku. The ordering is divided for different branches of administration. The administrative branches tender purchases in their own field of speciality. This team focuses on technical products.
Fortum
Keywords: Finland,public sector,vehicles
Summary: Public company that produces, distributes and sells electricity and district heat in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Poland and Russia. The company has a programme for procuring/leasing cars and vans. This is taken care of by the Corporate Support Services.
SYKE
Keywords: Finland,public sector,office equipment,househould appliances,green electricity,lighting,vehicles
Summary: The Finnish Environment Institute (also known as SYKE, after the Institute's Finnish acronym) is both a research institute, and a centre for environmental expertise.
SYKE has developed an environmental management system (EMS) to reduce the negative environmental impacts of its own operations. EMS focuses on travelling, purchases, energy consumption, the use of paper, and waste management.