<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone, <div><br></div><div>I'm happy to share an article that Mirjam and I just published on RIPE Labs about sustainable procurement practices: </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michael_oghia/you-ve-got-the-power-sustainable-procurement-and-the-ripe-community">https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michael_oghia/you-ve-got-the-power-sustainable-procurement-and-the-ripe-community</a></div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to post it here because I think it's relevant to this group as operators, managers, and others. I'm keen to hear your thoughts, and encourage you to leave comments on the article so we know how to best take this forward (and also gauge interest). <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Have a good weekend,,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-Michael</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">__________________</font></font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Michael J. Oghia | </font></font></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Advocacy & Engagement Manager </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Global Forum for Media Development (</span><a href="https://gfmd.info" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">GFMD</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">)</span><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Belgrade, Serbia </font></font></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">(UTC+2)</span><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> | </font></font></font><font color="#0000ff" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Twitter</font></font></a></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">|</font></font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><font color="#0000ff" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif"><div dir="ltr">GPG: E95D 2127 0D45 77D3 4D43 4D5A E3BA 6F23 301D 7082</div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mirjam Kuehne</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:mir@ripe.net">mir@ripe.net</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 2:15 PM<br></div><br>Dear colleagues,<br>
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Buying equipment can have an impact on environmental sustainability.<br>
Michael Oghia writes about issues surrounding sustainable procurement<br>
and how the RIPE community has the potential to make a difference:<br>
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<a href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michael_oghia/you-ve-got-the-power-sustainable-procurement-and-the-ripe-community" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michael_oghia/you-ve-got-the-power-sustainable-procurement-and-the-ripe-community</a><br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Mirjam Kühne<br>
RIPE NCC<br>
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