1. Circular Procurement A strategy to stimulate circular economy…
Joan Prummel
Rijkswaterstaat
Strategic Advisor Circular Procurement

2. Circular Procurement A strategy to stimulate circular economy…
… on at least six levels

3. Which one is the most circular?
1876 invention of the telephone
products to last a lifetime
2007 first iPhone
2017 iPhone 8 -> 'X'
Which one is the most circular?

4. What is circular procurement?
Waste contracts
Waste
Resources
Waste
Use
Dispose
Buy
User
Waste manager
Supplier
Products

5. Principles of circular procurement
Create a market for circular products
Procurement as a strategic instrument
Performance based and functional
Arrange control on reuse
Learning by doing

6. > working circular business case <
Why procurement?
Procurement is the only way into any organisation
Every circular purchase leads to circular business activity:
> working circular business case <
Circular procurement is a lever for circular economy

7. Six strategic levels

8. 1
Organisational ambitions

9. Policy makers
Ambition
Policy
Results contribute
to ambitions
Buget holders
and managers
Results
Operation
Employees

10. Circular ambition as a steering principle
CE ambitions translate to CE policy
CE policy supports CE goals
Policy makers support budget holders and managers to achieve the CE goals
Managers and budget holders are clients of procurement
Procurement results reflect and support CE ambitions

11. CP Circular ambition of the organisation Ambition Policy
Circular products
in the organisation
Circular assignment
by the clients
Results
Operation
Circular procurement
by the purchaser

12. 2
Steer at the input

14. Waste is the result of procurement
Output
is the result of input
Waste is the result of procurement

15. 3
Influence the supply chain

16. Production
Resources
Recycling
Use
Procurement
opportunities

17. 4
Have real impact

18. 45 participants = 80+ pilots 80+ circular business cases
2013 – 2016
Green Deal Circular Procurement
Start: 16 participants
2 pilots each
share what they learn
45 participants = 80+ pilots
80+ circular business cases

19. 5
Use the lever

20. Relevance
of procurement?
€ billion

21. 6
Lead by example

23. Recommendations…

24. 1 2 3 Jyrki Katainen Set up more learning networks
like the Green Deals 2
Stimulate category planning
to engage the market 3
Jyrki Katainen
European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
14 December 2017
Lead by example through
circular procurement

25. CP is strategic on multiple levels
Implement organisational ambitions
Steer output through input
Influence the supply chain
Have real impact by creating demand
Use the lever
Lead by example and gain credibility
Solve puzzles…

26. A product is not circular until YOU arrange it to be circular!
1876 invention of the telephone
products to last a lifetime
2007 first iPhone
2017 iPhone 8 -> 'X'
A product is not circular
until YOU arrange it to be circular!
Which one is the most circular?
It depends…