PRIMES [1]Introducting Green Public Procurement Presented by (Insert own logo)

Why procuring green products? Buying cheap costs more

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...to sustainable procurement  Cost-efficiency  Energy-efficiency  Resource-efficiency  Climate targets  Social targets

Green Public Procurement Definition "a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle when compared to goods, services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be procured.” Source: (COM (2008) 400 Public procurement for a better environment)

Legal framework of GPP  Procurement Directives (2014/24)  National and sub-national legislation  ECJ jurisdiction  Procurement principles valid above/below thresholds (e.g. Non- discrimination, proportionality etc.) © Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Market power of GPP  European public purchasing for products and services = % EU GDP  Examples of public purchasing power:  Procurement of buses: +/- 50 %  Procurement of IT products: +/- 15 %  Switching to greener products and services can:  Directly and enormously impact on the environment  Foster a greener market  Lead by example

Climate power of GPP  CO 2 emissions would be cut by 15M t per year if the whole EU adopted the same environmental criteria for lighting and office equipment as the City of Turku, Finland – reducing electricity consumption by 50%  If all IT purchases in Europe followed the example of Copenhagen and the Swedish Administrative Development Agency, energy consumption would be cut by roughly the equivalent of four nuclear reactors.  Enormous potential in the building (40% of EU energy consumption) and transport sector (1/3 of EU CO 2 )

Money saving power of GPP  Cost-efficiency through energy-efficiency  Energy performance contracting (EPC)  Value for money: Life cycle costing (LCC) instead of cheapest offer  Smart procurement  Joint public procurement  Procurement of innovation (PPI, PCP)  Needs assessment prior to any purchasing decision Source: © Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Social power of GPP  Showing responsability in a globalized world along the supply chain  Supporting small and medium-seized enterprises (SMEs)  E.g. Splitting tenders in smaller lots  Supporting marginalised working groups (e.g. Longterm unemployed people)  E.g. Reserving/recruiting local workforce as a means to tackle unemployment  Involving companies through early market engagement © Image courtesy By Master isolated images of FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Success factors for GPP GPP training  People (human factor)  Longterm strategy not shortterm caretaking (election-resistant)  Political committment (Council decision)  Binding committment  Interdepartmental cooperation (E.g.: Environment + Economy – Construction)  Cooperation with NGOs and/or businesses Tw o Three one

GPP best practice

EcoBuy Vienna (ÖkoKauf Wien) Vienna, Austria Success factors:  Overarching strategy [Climate Protection Programm (KliP)]  Cooperation between different departments (Economy, Environment, Buildings)  Mandatory use of developed green purchasing criteria  Awareness raising & public relations work  Collaboration with regional business

EcoBuy Vienna Vienna, Austria  17 working groups on GPP of product groups  Developed 60 GPP product catalogues  Cross-departmental project  Financial savings: 45 mil EUR between  Carbon emissions savings: tons CO 2

Other good practice examples (I) Fonte : Lorenzo Puricelli ©iStockphoto.com Examples Tübingen, Aschaffenburg (Germany): Tübingen centralised the procurement of cleaning services and shifted to innovative (dosage) and environmentally friendly cleaning products. Savings: Euro/Year. Aschaffenburg achieved even higher savings. Example Milan (Italy): Prior: 660 printer, 32 copy machines, 20 Scanner, 45 Fax machines for 612 employees. After: 90 appliances remain and 60 multifunctional devices newly purchased. Result: 607 less devices

Other good practice examples (III) Estonia:  Framework contract in 2012, covering PCs and monitors for all national ministries and agencies  Required to meet Energy Star 5.0 (PCs), and TCO 5.0 (monitors). Additional 10% of award points for better performance  20-30% reduction in energy consumption estimated Karlsruhe, Germany: Combining the local fleet with carsharing helped the city to save Euro annualy.

Useful links  EU GPP website:  Sustainable Procurement Forum:  Good practice:  [Other?]