Advising public buyers for environmentally responsible procurement

As an experiment, a free environmental advisory service is offered to public buyers as part of the National Plan for Sustainable Procurement 2022-2025 (PNAD), under the name "green counter". This scheme is supported by regional networks for sustainable public procurement, thanks to the support of the General Commission for Sustainable Development.

The green counter is intended as a first-level support to enable public buyers to integrate environmental considerations into their purchases.

It can concern a particular purchasing act or a general approach. By its nature, the green counter is short-term (approximately 1 hour maximum per request), on questions related to sustainable purchasing.

Each question must be the subject of a specific request, via the completion of a form.

To date, the service is present in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bas-Rhin, Brittany, Centre-Val de Loire, Hauts de France, Ile-de-France, Normandy, Pays de la Loire, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie, with the ambition that the entire territory will eventually be covered.