Sustainable public procurement in the context of scp - Stefanos Fotiou
1. SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT IN THE CONTEXT
OF SCP: A REVIEW OF THE
INTERNATIONAL AGENDA AND
INITIATIVES
Dr. Stefanos Fotiou.
Senior Regional Coordinator: Resource Efficiency
2. Presentation contents
Sustainable Consumption and Production
SCP in the context of economic development
The UNEP approach on SPP
SPP, labelling, trade
Highlights of UNEP work on SPP in the region
Challenges and opportunities for SPP
5. Defining SCP
The creation and use of services and related
products, which respond to basic needs and bring
a better quality of life while minimising the use of
natural resources and toxic materials as well as
the emissions of waste and pollutants over the
life cycle of the service or product so as not to
jeopardise the needs of future generation
6. Defining SCP
The creation and use of services and related
products, which respond to basic needs and bring
a better quality of life while minimising the use of
natural resources and toxic materials as well as
the emissions of waste and pollutants over the
life cycle of the service or product so as not to
jeopardise the needs of future generation
9. The origins of global action on
SCP
“The major cause of the continued deterioration
of the global environment are the unsustainable
patterns of consumption and production,
particularly in industrialised countries, which is a
matter of grave concern, aggravating poverty
and imbalances.”
Agenda 21 (Chap. 4.3), Earth Summit, Rio
1992
11. What we need
Strategies Practices Investments
Natural
Resources:
Development
assets
Change of BAU
Mobilising
Financial
Capital
Behavioral Change of
Consumption Styles
13. The consumption conflict
I’d like to end poverty,
stop violence and racism,
and get rid of pollution.
Everyone should be equal.
I want to dress in the nicest clothes,
drive a great car, talk on the latest
mobile phone, and use my brand new DVD
14. Government procurement
We want to promote
environmental conservation
and social justice. Give
priority to local products.
Be Green!
We have limited financial resources. We must be
efficient. We need to buy more for less.
15. Sustainable Public Procurement
“Sustainable Procurement is a process whereby
organisations meet their needs for goods,
services, works and utilities in a way that
achieves value for money on a whole life basis in
terms of generating benefits not only to the
organisation, but also to society and the
economy, whilst minimising damage to the
environment”
International Task force on SPP
16. SPP: Three focuses
Economic factors include the costs of products and
services over their entire life cycle, such as:
acquisition, maintenance, operations and end-of-life
management costs (including waste disposal) in line
with good financial management;
Social factors include social justice and equity;
safety and security; human rights and employment
conditions;
Environmental factors include emissions to air, land
and water, climate change, biodiversity, natural
resource use and water scarcity over the whole
product life cycle.
17. UNEP and SPP
To guide countries in the development and
application of national SPP policies and
action plans.
Policy
Framework
Legitimizes
actions
Legitimizes
actions
Informs the
market
Informs the
market
Action Plan:
Defines
responsibilities
Defines
responsibilities
Outlines stages
of
implementation
Outlines stages
of
implementation
19. Labelling
• Eco-labelling: interface between production
and consumption patterns
• Addressing the needs of developing
countries:
• Information: access to coherent, credible and
clear information about eco-labelling
programs, requirements and markets
• Capacity: comprehensive, coordinated and
needs-based support to develop sustainable
enterprises
• Policy framework: integration in supportive
policy framework
20. SPP and Ecolabelling
Two complementary approaches to stimulate
more sustainable products:
SPP: demand
Ecolabels: supply
Strong correlation between the active use of
ecolabel and implementation of GPP (EU Green
7).
Example: EU purchase of organic food
or California State purchase of certified computers
21. SPP and Ecolabelling
• Stimulate the
demand and supply
of better products
• Help consumers
make better
choices
Combined
approaches
of
voluntary
labelling
and SPP
are
important
to:
22. Trade on Environmental goods
The greatest growth potential for environmental goods (EGs)
is to be found in developing countries.
China and Brazil in particular have focused on the production
and export of EGs as a priority, rapidly becoming market
leaders in many areas such as renewable energy.
Combined with increasing environmental awareness
internationally, these trends are creating new and dynamic
opportunities for trade in EGs
23. How they get connected
Trade
SPP
Labels
• Creating opportunities
for economic growth on
the basis of low carbon
goods and services
• Government leading by
example. Upscaling and
mainstreaming
sustainable goods and
services
• Ensuring the credibility
of producer’s claims on
the sustainable aspect
of the goods and
services
25. UNEP work
Regional level:
Provide training to experts in charge of supporting
governments to develop and implement SPP policies
Raise the awareness of policy makers regarding the
importance and need for a rapid move to SPP
Explore and discuss modalities of implementation of
SPP in Asian countries
New project on SPP and Ecolabeling (regional
and national level implementation)
26. UNEP work
Country level
Seminars on SPP
Provide support for developing SPP policies
Link the work of SPP with eco-labelling and with the
work on Education for Sustainable Consumption
Enabling developing countries to seize eco-label
opportunities through capacity building and technical
assistance for industries and governments in
developing economies
27. Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative
(SPPI)
Bringing together representatives
from governments, local
authorities, business sector and
civil society interested in
collectively promoting the supply
and demand of sustainable
products through SPP
29. SPPI members
BigRoom
ChileCompra (Chile)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- DEFRA (United Kingdom)
Ecoinstitut Barcelona
Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa –
UEMOA
Environmental Development Center of Ministry of
Environmental Protection – MEP (China)
Forest Stewardship Council – FSC
International Green Purchasing Network – IGPN
Green Purchasing Network of India – GPNI
30. SPPI members
Green Purchasing Network of Malaysia – GPNM
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Institut de l’Energie et de l’Environnement De la
Francophonie - IEPF
Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan (Lebanon)
Instituto Nacional de Contratación Pública – INCOP
(Ecuador)
International Green Purchasing Network – IGPN
International Institute for Sustainable Development – IISD
International Training Centre of the International Labour
Organization – ITC-ILO
Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute –
KEITI
31. SPPI members
Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones (Costa Rica)
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (Colombia)
Ministério do Meio Ambiente (Brazil)
Ministry of Environment (Denmark)
inistry of Economic Development (New Zealand)
Organization of American States – OAS
Procurement Policy Office, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
(Mauritius)
Swedish Environmental Management Council – SEMCo
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland)
United Nations Development Programme/Procurement Capacity Development
Centre – UNDP/PCDC
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Office for Project Services – UNOPS
African Development Bank – AfDB (OBSERVER)
32. SPPEL Project
Duration: 2013 – 2016
Approach:
National: 13 countries
Regional: ConoSur of LAC and ASEAN
Funding: European Union, Republic of
Korea and China
Implementation: UNEP with national and
regional partners
33. 13 countries out of a list of 19 countries*
located in the Southern Cone, Asia
(ASEAN), Africa and Europe
* Core countries: Brazil, Colombia, the
Philippines, Vietnam
* Other countries: Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru,
Panama, Uruguay, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Chile, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Morocco,
Mauritius, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, South Africa
and Ukraine
SPPEL Project: Geographical
scope
34. SPPEL Methodology
• Regional
cooperation on SPP
and EL
• framework for
harmonization of
ecolabels
Regional
Component
• Core countries (with type I
ecolabel) : integrated
implementation of SPP and
EL
• Other countries:
implementation of
SPP/GPP
National
Component
• Knowledge
Management Centre
• Communication
strategy
• Dissemination and
Outreach
Communication
and Outreach
35. SPPELL National Level
Core Countries with ISO
type I ecolabels (4
countries)
Project Set-Up and
Governance
SPP Approach Implementation in
integration with ecolabel:
- Assessment, Review and
Prioritization
- Strategic Planning and Action
Plan
- Implementation of SPP
Strengthening of ecolabel:
- GEN and GENICES accreditation
- Marketing of the ecolabel
Technical assistance to SMEs to
meet SPP and EL criteria
Other countries
(at least 9 countries)
Project Set-Up and
Governance
SPP Approach
Implementation:
- Assessment, Review and
Prioritization
- Strategic Planning and
Action Plan
- Implementation of SPP
36. SPPEL Regional Level
Two regions:
Southern Cone (South America)
ASEAN
What:
Regional collaboration on voluntary standards and
labels
Sharing experiences and common learning on
SPP/GPP implementation
37. ASEAN+3 GPPEL project
Objectives:
strengthening SPP and ecolabelling (EL) in the
ASEAN region, based on the expertise of China,
Japan and South Korea in the combined use of SPP
and ecolabelling ;
enhancing South-South collaboration on those
topics;
ensuring a broad and effective participation of
ASEAN+3 countries in the SPPI activities.
Founded by China and Republic of Korea
38. ASEAN+3 GPPEL project
Activities
ASEAN+3 network of GPP and EL experts and policy
makers
Development of ASEAN case studies on GPP and
ecolabelling implementation
Sharing of GPP and ecolabelling knowledge through a
regional capacity building scheme
Improvement of the performance of GPP policies and
EL schemes through the establishment of regional
workgroups coordinated with the SPPI groups
39. SWITCH-Asia Regional Policy
Support Component (RPSC)
The overall objective of the Policy Support
Component is to strengthen national and
regional policy frameworks to promote the shift
towards more sustainable consumption and
production patterns and resource efficiency,
thereby contributing to green growth and
reduction of poverty in Asian countries and
assisting countries in achieving the MDGs.
SWITCH-Asia RPSC is funded by the European Union and UNEP
40. Specific Objectives
Create an enabling environment to strengthen or
initiate policies helping to mainstream SCP and RE
in regional sub-regional and national development
programmes.
To assist stakeholders in the project countries
(government, private sector, civil society), in
designing and implementing specific policy-oriented
activities to shift towards Sustainable
Consumption and Production.
43. Some other important work
Green Purchasing Network (with regional and
national charters)
International Institute on Sustainable
Development (study on SPP and eco labels)
Institute of Global Environmental Studies (work
on SPP and lifestyles)
SCP4LCE project (managed by GIZ)
44. SCP4LCE project
Sustainable Consumption and Production for Low
Carbon Economy – Low Emissions Public
Procurement and Eco-Labeling (SCP4LCE)
June 2012 – June 2015
funded by BMU.
implemented by
45. SCP4LCE objectives
To expand existing eco-labels in Thailand and in
selected countries in Southeast Asia to cover
climate protection criteria
To strengthen Green Public Procurement in
Thailand
To cooperate with other selected countries in
South East Asia regarding Green Public
Procurement and harmonization of eco-labels
46. Some observations from Asia Pacific
Some good work in selected countries on the use
of 3R for SPP (mainly with paper, plastic)
SPP becomes a government focus (example: the
“Presidential decree 54” in Indonesia that
includes SPP)
There are so many (literally hundreds) of tools on
SPP and each country develops its own tools
47. Some observations from Asia Pacific
There are also literally hundreds of available eco-
or green labels (national, regional, international)
available to the industry
49. Challenges
SPP is
mainly on a
infant state
in most
countries
The current
global
financial
uncertainty
Too many
tools and too
many labels
and so little
coordination
Global trade
agreements
might be an
obstacle
51. How to play a central role on SPP in Asia-
Pacific
• Set national measurable SPP
targets
Leading by
example
• Demonstrate the business
case for SPP
Leading by
innovation
• Facilitate regional networking
on SPP
Leading by
knowledge
• Steer regional policy dialogue
on SPP
Leading by
policy
52. Final notes
1. Very big need for
mutual recognition and
acceptance of eco-
labels in sub-regional at
least level
2. Governments’ Role –
buying ‘green’: leading
by example will
definitely accelerate in
promoting Green
Purchasing
3. A comprehensive
institutional framework
at the country level with
regional coordination is
definitely needed to
mainstream SPP