Sustainable Public Procurement A handy tool for achieving the aims of biological diversity Philipp Tepper Project Coordinator and Procura+ Campaign Manager ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Montreal, 3 rd October 2013 Third Meeting of the Gloabl Partnership for Business and Biodiversity © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability: ● an international network that advances local sustainability ● a city movement that works on sustainability projects, programmes, campaigns and advocacy ● funded by membership fees and project funding ● founded in 1990 at the UN Headquarters in New Connecting leaders in Sustainability York ● introduced Local Agenda 21 in 1992 and continues to promote it worldwide © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability ● 1, 100+ members: cities and local governments world-wide ● 15 offices plus satellite offices ● 200+ staff ● Represents Local Governments at UNFCCC, UNCBD, UNCSD We consider a Sustainable City to be one that: ● strives to reduce its per capita use of natural resources to a level that endangers neither local nor global ecosystems, and at the same time ● ensures that political, economic and social systems guarantee a high quality of life for everyone. © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
● SPP allows PAs to achieve environmental targets ● SPP raises awareness of sustainability issues ● Improvements in working conditions ● Assist disadvantaged groups in society ● Helps public authorities meet key environmental, social & ecological challenges ● Meet existing & forthcoming legislation ● SPP saves money and resources ● Drive the market / launching pad for new technologies ● Sets an example © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Cities such as Vancouver or Berlin are hotspots of biodiversity à Responsibility for biodiversity à Implementation of policies, strategies and laws © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Sustainable procurement makes use of existing laws to conserve biodiversity à Good procurement starts with a good title à Make use of the „subject matter“ and send a strong signal to the market that you only want sustainable products, services and works © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Economic benefits à Why to pay less and as a result to get even less? – Did you know that organic meat only looses 10 -20% of its weight compared to non-organic meat that looses 40 -60%? © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Boost sustainable entrepreneurship à Apply cradle to cradle à Encourage renewable resources economics à Drive ecodesign à Bio-based products (e. g. plastics) © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Food à Aim: nature conservation à Measure: organic agriculture and food production à Certification (e. g. ): à Procurement approach: criteria of à Certification & contracts: above certifications or equivalent à Who does it: Rome, Barcelona, Malmö, Freiburg, etc. © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Timber à Aim: climate change mitigation and conservation of biological diversity à Measure: sustainable forest management à Certification (e. g. ): à Procurement approach: criteria of à Certification & contracts: above certifications or equivalent à Who does it: London, Vancouver, Zagreb, etc. © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Bio-based packaging à Aim: reduce waste and use of natural resources à Measure: compostable, bio-based packaging (100% recycled paper, cardboard / >85% bio-based plastics) à Certification (e. g. ): à Procurement approach: criteria of à Certification & contracts: above certifications or equivalent à Who does it: Toronto, Hamburg, Barcelona, etc. © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Outlook à Greening supply chains à Monetarising emissions such as NOx, SO 2, CO 2, etc. in the award of tenders à Drive innovation (e. g. Self-Healing Concrete – Bacteria deposit dense layers of calcium carbonate and other minerals on concrete structures sealing off green house gases or Algal Wastewater processing – Using bioreactors that combine bacteria and algae) © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
Moving ahead ICLEI believes that mainstreaming sustainable supply chains by using the purchasing power of procurement will make the difference – join us on this mission! www. sustainable-procurement. org www. procuraplus. org ICLEI European Secretariat Philipp Tepper procurement@iclei. org Tel. +49 / (0)761 368 920 © ICLEI 2013 www. iclei. org
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