Certification and Minimum Environmental Criteria
ReMade and public procurement: the perfect combination
Green Public Procurement is an environmental policy tool designed to promote the development of a market for products and services with reduced environmental impact by leveraging public demand.
ReMade certification serves as proof of the sustainability of materials and products containing recycled materials and byproducts, as required in public procurement procedures.
It provides maximum assurance in tender processes and delivers overall benefits for the environment.
An overview of the Italian regulatory framework
The Minimum Environmental Criteria (MECs) are environmental requirements defined for the various phases of the procurement process, aimed at identifying the best design solution, product, or service from an environmental perspective across its life cycle, taking market availability into account.
At European level, the adoption of environmental criteria in public procurement falls within the framework of Green Public Procurement (GPP), which is promoted by the European Union as a voluntary tool. The EU provides guidelines and common criteria to integrate sustainability into tender procedures, while leaving Member States free to decide whether and how to make them mandatory.
In Italy, the application of MECs in public procurement is mandatory under Article 57 of the Italian Public Contracts Code (Legislative Decree 36/2023): Italian public administrations must include, in tender procedures, at least the technical specifications and contractual clauses contained therein, for the full value of the tender.
When MECs require materials and products with recycled content, recovered materials and/or byproducts, ReMade certification is always accepted as a means of proof, regardless of the sector.