The Metropolis of Lyon. (Photo by Matthieu Delaty / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP)
At the show of mayors and local elected officials, the Métropole de Lyon was rewarded with the “Buyers’ Community Prize”.
As part of the fair for mayors and local elected officials, which took place from November 19 to 21, the Public Procurement Trophies were awarded. And the Métropole de Lyon is one of the lucky winners, winning the “Buyer Community Awards“. It thus rewards its market relating to eco-responsible professional clothing for its agents, selected to be worn until 2028.
“This award is a great recognition of the political impetus given by the environmentalist executive since the establishment of our Responsible Purchasing Promotion Scheme, the objective of which is to make public procurement a tool for developing new economic models. and a lever for ecological and social transformation in our territoryestimates Emeline Baume, 1era vice-president, delegated among other things to the economy, at the Métropole de Lyon. This award is also the fruit of the work and commitment of our services which contribute, every day, to the exemplary public procurement of our community, the first results of which are encouraging.”
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Objectives set for 2025 and 2026
Furthermore, the Métropole de Lyon is committed to ensuring that all its contracts integrate environmental considerations by 2025. It also plans to integrate social considerations into all works contracts and metropolitan supplies and services markets. greater than an amount of 90,000 euros. The determined roadmap also provides for 100% organic food markets by 2026.
More concretely, the Lyon Metropolis will in the future only use electric and bioNGV vehicles for waste collection. Another example, the community used the Ecobalyse measurement tool, developed by the State, which makes it possible to assess the environmental cost of clothing over its entire life cycle.
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