The Larnaca Water Supply Council (LWC) was awarded for the seventh year at the Green Public Procurement (GPP-Green Public procurement) Awards ceremony, "CY GPP AWARDS 2022", which was organized on 29 November 2022 by the Department of Environment, Ministry of Labour, in cooperation with the Cyprus Citizens' Energy Office.
The Green Public Procurement Awards is an institution which was launched in 2014. This institution is an important initiative of annual recognition of the efforts and pro-environmental action of Public Bodies and Authorities, Public Bodies and Private Bodies that have distinguished themselves for the promotion of Green Procurement and its implementation, actively contributing to the dissemination of green procurement, aiming to reduce the environmental and health impacts of their activities.
The purpose of this policy is to include environmental considerations in the procurement process in order to purchase products and/or services that are environmentally friendly, with the aim of reducing environmental impacts and maintaining economic sustainability.
The awards were presented on the occasion of the European Week for Waste Prevention 2022 (EWWR2022) by the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Mr. The awards were presented by the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Mr. Kostas Kadis, in the presence of the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, the President of the OEB and the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Constantinos Herodotos, as the Central Bank of Cyprus was the main sponsor of the event.
SYL stood out as this year for the first time it received three awards. In detail, it was awarded for its implementation of the Green Public Procurement Policy CY GPP Awards 2022 in the categories below:
[A) "TYRES"- 1ST AWARD
[B) "OFFICE AND HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES"- 2ND AWARD
[C) "VEHICLES". HONORARY DISTINCTION
The award is a great honour for all of us at the Larnaca Water Supply Council and is the culmination of our daily efforts to develop and maintain environmental awareness, as well as for the protection of the natural environment, contributing on our part to the promotion of green development and thus to the sustainability of our planet.
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