The Murnau Green parliamentary group wants the community to pay more attention to eco-social criteria in its award guidelines.
A weakened form of the motion was decided in the main committee.
The Murnau main administrative committee dealt with an application from the Greens.
They want the municipality to pay more attention to eco-social aspects in their procurement guidelines.
The administration raised several concerns.
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- Global consumption is a lot - but only with major drawbacks: sustainable.
Men, women, children and the natural resources in the developing world are being exploited so that people in the industrialized world are doing well.
The German state, cities and municipalities act in a similar way to private individuals.
“Global consumption is also financed through our taxpayers' money,” says Veronika Jones.
According to her, these purchases of goods and services account for around 16 percent of the gross national product.
“The public sector has purchasing power,” writes the Murnau councilor from Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in her application, in which she urges eco-social responsibility in the municipality's procurement guidelines.
First steps done
What has been achieved so far - including the commitment to the Fair Trade Town and the partnership with Atwima in Ghana - was praised by Jones at the meeting of the main administrative committee. These are the first steps that are now to be continued and further developed. In plain language: The Greens would like the Murnau administration and the subsidiaries to pay more attention to social, environmental and sustainability criteria in future procurement. Welf Probst (Free Voters) called the Eco Party's proposal "honorable and understandable". However, the community is “already buying sustainably”. A practice that chamberlain Josef Brückner confirmed. When buying direct, you pay close attention to the local trade, you acknowledge compliance with the minimum wage, occupational health and safety, and the prohibition of child labor, among other things.“All of this is required and is standard,” explained Brückner.
The administration reported several concerns about the Greens application, which comprises almost five A4 pages.
The fear that weighed most heavily: If eco-social aspects are included in service descriptions as hard evaluation factors, a provider who cannot provide them will “necessarily be eliminated from the competition”.
This leads to a reduction up to the scenario that no offer is made.
Zoepf: "Common sense" asked
Everything must be practicable, said Phillip Zoepf, parliamentary group spokesman for Mehr Bewegen. His example: The administration is planning to buy an electric car. That could fail because the components built into the battery contradict the eco-social criteria. It can no longer be realized with it. "We have to proceed with common sense," said Michael Hosp (CSU), while Michael Manlik (ÖDP / Citizens' Forum) urged the community to act as a role model.
They want to take advantage of this, but not to the extent that the Greens are calling for.
The members of the main administrative committee unanimously decided in favor of the version of the town hall, which contains only small parts and a weakened form of the Jones motion.
A key point: Providers who demonstrably violate eco-social criteria are excluded from the procedure.
Jones was not totally unhappy with the result: "A lot can be achieved by raising awareness of this topic."
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