Aalborg (or Ålborg) is the fourth largest city and the third most populous municipality in Denmark (211,000 inhabitants). Aalborg has spearheaded local commitment to sustainability in Europe, creating the Aalborg Charter and Aalborg Commitments which have been signed by over 2500 and 650 municipalities respectively.
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211k Population |
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Steffen Thomsen
Sustainable Procurement Specialist
Julie Bastholm
Sustainable Procurement Specialist
More information? Email procurement@iclei.org
In 2020, Aalborg Municipality adopted our first Sustainable Goals Strategy. The Sustainable Goals Strategy focuses on areas such as climate, resources, biodiversity, and inequality. The purpose of the World Goals Strategy is to ensure a development in Aalborg Municipality that is both economic and environmentally sustainable as well as socially just.
The Sustainable Goals strategy will be an overall umbrella that can bring together the work that is already underway, strengthen the efforts going forward and ensure that it reaches further into the organization.
In Aalborg Municipality, goods and services are purchased annually for approx. 5 billion, by using the money smartly and making demands sustainable products, schemes and facilities, major gains for the environment and climate can be achieved.
To promote sustainable procurement, it is therefore important to work even more purposefully in relation to making demands on our suppliers. It can be about making demands for life extension, use of recycled materials, health, etc. When tendering construction projects, it may contain requirements for sustainable materials, energy efficiency, no environmentally harmful substances and selective demolition, etc.
To improve the collection and reuse of ICT, Aalborg has created a joint agreement between all seven of the municipality's departments.
Aalborg is piloting an innovative circular playground, incorporating landscape features and encouraging creative play and learning.
Preparing a Circular Playground
How to become a greener IT department - CircularPP
How to become a greener IT User - CircularPP
Video, ICT-pilot, english subtitels - YouTube
Sustainability Strategy 2013 – 2016
Circular procurement for a sustainable learning environment
A journey to circular procurement – the unexpected outcomes of Aalborg’s circular ICT pilot
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Examining how public actors become better at building sustainably
ProCirc is set up to experiment, implement and learn how circular economy and procurement can benefit the region
Putting North Jutland at the forefront of green transition
Using public procurement in the Baltic Sea Region as a catalyst for the circular economy
Promoting sustainable Procurement of goods and services
Entire public sector procurement service and knowledge center
