Sustainable Procurement in Europe Project work good

Sustainable Procurement in Europe Project work & good practice examples Peter Defranceschi ICLEI Brussels Office 1

Overview Ü ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Ü Encouraging sustainable procurement (SP) Ü Good practice examples Ü ICLEI projects in the field of SP Ü Procura+

ICLEI – an overview Ü International association of 1100 local authorities dedicated to sustainable urban development Ü Founded BY local authorities FOR local authorities in 1990 at UN in New York Ü Initated Local Agenda 21 in Rio ‘ 92

Functions Ü An association of local governments dedicated to sustainable development; Ü A movement of cities, towns, counties and their associations accelerating sustainable development through local action; Ü A sustainable development agency for local governments.

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability ICLEI in Europe: 200 European members Ü Local governments Ü Associations 32 European countries 55, 64 M Europeans 14 cities > 1 million 85 cities > 100, 000

ICLEI worldwide Staff: 130 Brussels Office WORLD Secretariat Int. Training Centre + Canada Office (ITC) Toronto, Canada Freiburg, Germany EUROPEAN Secretariat Freiburg, Germany Japan Office Tokyo, Japan USA Office Oakland, California Korea Office Seoul, Korea SOUTH-EAST AS LATIN AMERICA Secretariat SOUTH ASIA and Caribbean Manila, Philippine Secretariat Noida, India Rio de Janeiro, AFRICA Secretariat Brazil Johannesburg, CCP Indonesia OCEANIA Secretariat South Africa Project Office Melbourne, Australia Jakarta

Sustainable procurement. . . ……is powerful ……is smart ……tackles local policy goals ……drives innovation ……is popular ……is forward-thinking

…purchasing power Ü Power 1 European Public authorities spend each year over € 1, 800 billion on goods & services Ü Power 2 Public Procurement buys 2, 8 mil computers annually, 12% of market Ü Power 3 Enormous potential in building sector (40% energy)

… high environmental relief potential Results of ICLEI’s RELIEF project: Ü If all European Local Authorities switched to green electricity this would equal 18% of EU Kyoto commitments Ü If all public authorities in EU purchased energy efficient computers > 800 000 t CO 2 Ü Efficient toilets & taps > 200 mio t water

… improved public image Improving the public image: image Ü 85% of EU Citizens feel that policymakers should consider the environment to be as important as economic and social policies Preparing for future legislation: legislation Ü Environmental legislation across Europe is becoming increasingly strict (e. g. emissions/energy-efficiency standards): • Compulsory emission standards for vehicles • Energy efficiency standards for buildings and energy-consuming products • Restricted use of harmful substances

… drives innovation Ü The market of green products is growing rapidly ÜPublic authorities can provide industry with real incentives for developing green technologies Ü Pre-commercial procurement

SP in practice (GPP) Zurich, Switzerland Ü Purchased 2, 166 energy efficient computers = 127, 114 kg CO 2 saved during its use Ü Used energy efficiency & sustainable building materials criteria for 45, 081 m 2 covering contracts worth 175. 1 Million EUR Ü Purchased organic food worth 390, 000 EUR = 5. 6% of its total budget Kolding, Denmark - Changed nearly 100% of its purchasing policies to include environmental considerations. The overall procurement budget has been reduced by 10%

SP in practice (GPP) Barcelona, Spain All Barcelona s cleaning services worth 16. 2 Million EUR use non toxic products City of Lille, France Reduced energy consumption for public lighting by 32%

SP in practice (cost-efficiency) Oekokauf Vienna, Austria Ü 17 working groups on GPP of product groups Ü Developed 60 GPP product catalogues Ü cross-departmental project Ü Savings: 45 mio EUR since 2004 Ü CO 2 savings: 103. 000 tons CO 2

SP in practice (cost-efficiency) Tübingen Germany Unit: Housing Department Approach: The city centralised the purchase of cleaning products & services and switched to new supplier with innovative cleaning products Savings: € 30, 000/year Amaroussion Greece Unit: Housing Department Approach: Joint procurement of recycled paper Saving: Cost of recycled paper decreased considerably to half the price of conventional one

SP in practice (cost-efficiency) Freiburg Germany Unit: Dept. for Schools and Education Approach: 4 -year leasing of A-class copy machines. No maintenance costs. 75 schools pay for number of copies only. Savings: 50% Energy Saving Performance contracting (ESPC) Approach: Local governments save energy & money by securing private sector expertise & financing of energy-efficiency improvement projects through the savings these projects are guaranteed to produce. Good Practice: Berlin renovated its schools and swimming pools through ESPS without spending any public money.

Socially responsible procurement Munich, Germany Regulation in place (since 2003) preventing the procurement of goods made by means of exploitative child labour (ILO Conventions), e. g. natural stones, textile products, wood Zurich, Switzerland The integrated approach taken by the Canton of Zurich on sustainable construction for all public buildings includes: social criteria for timber and wood products (FSC certified, where possible) Barrier-free buildings Healthy buildings (good indoor air quality)

Socially responsible procurement Barcelona, Spain The City announced that made savings of EUR 30. 000 through purchasing socially responsible workwear for municipal gardeners Yorkshire and Humber, UK 15 local authorities in the region have cooperated to make a joint purchase of Fair Trade products to facilitate the supply of Fair Trade products in the region. Products purchased: hot and cold drinks, snacks, chocolate and other food stuff

Socially responsible procurement Italian school canteens Public authorities serve at least 3 million kg of organic Fair Trade bananas per year. In its Technical Specifications, Rome asked suppliers to supply one Fair Trade banana every week for each pupil National government, Austria For all events held relating to Austria’s EU Presidency (2006), the official caterer was required to provide the organising ministry with choice of: Fair Trade coffee, chocolate (cocoa), tea and orange juice

ICLEI's SP History è 1996 mandate from ICLEI members to assist local governments to use purchasing power to achieve a more sustainable future è 1 st Europe-wide conference was Hannover in 1998 è Buy it Green BIG-Net set up in 1996 now has over 300 participants from 30 countries è Launched Procura+ Campaign in 2004 è Number of our regional offices are working on SP

Example project work è SMART SPP - working with public authorities & private sector in the procurement phase è PRO EE - harness the buying power of public authorities to drive the market for innovative environmental technologies è EC GPP Toolkit - designed to provide any European public authority with advice and information on the implementation of GPP è UNEP criteria - developing sustainable procurement guidance for IT office equipment for UNEP

ICLEI (Socially responsible procurement) Ü RESPIRO Projekt Ü Ü Ü SRp in construction and textiles www. respiro-project. eu BUY FAIR Projekt Ü Ü Ü Procurement of fair trade products www. buyfair. org Buy IT Fair Projekt Ü Procurement of IT products Ü www. weed-online. org

The Procura+ Campaign Procura+ is an initiative designed to help support public authorities across Europe in implementing sustainable procurement – and help promote their achievements.

Collective market power Individual action Bring together a critical number of authorities joining forces to send a clear signal to the market

The Procura+ milestone approach

Procura+ key criteria

The Procura+ Manual

Eco. Procura Conference Series è Started 1998 è 6 to date è Platform to promote exchange & dialogue amongst purchasers from all levels of governments, suppliers, policy-makers & multipliers

To participate in the Campaign n Commit to self-set sustainable procurement targets n Report progress on sustainable procurement achievements to ICLEI n Send tender documents to ICLEI for all 6 Procura+ product groups n Contribute an annual participation fee

Join the movement E-mail: peter. defranceschi@iclei. org www. procuraplus. org

References Thank you! Peter Defranceschi ICLEI Brussels office peter. defranceschi@iclei. org