1.
Working Group 4c
"Promoting Resource
Efficient Business Models
and Circular Economy"
Mervyn Jones - Sustainable Global Resources, UK

2.
Objectives
SPP aims :
1. Building the case for SPP: improving the knowledge on SPP as a
tool to promote sustainable consumption and production,
support greener economies and sustainable development.
2. Supporting the implementation of SPP on the ground through
increased collaboration, and better access to capacity-building
tools and support through SPP experts.
Sustainable Public Procurement
Programme

3.
 Broader approach required and broader opportunities
to use SPP to deliver circular economy benefits
1. to integrate innovative, circular resource efficient
business models in Sustainable Public Procurement by
through a participative framework that uses SP
practices to deliver more circular economies.
2. to develop a longer term goal of providing leadership in
sustainable procurement (SP) through an active forum
that enables cross-over of circular economy, resource
efficient business models and SP initiatives, ideas and
research.
WG4c objective

4.
Working Group 3A: Integrating Product-Service
Systems in Sustainable Public Procurement
Key lessons from the WG:
 When properly assessed and employed, Product Service
Systems can potentially provide commercially viable and
environmentally beneficial alternatives to linear models of
procurement, consumption and disposal.
Key outputs from the WG:
• Technical Report: Using Product-Service Systems to Enhance Sustainable
Public Procurement
http://www.unep.org/10yfp/Portals/50150/10YFP%20SPP/3A_Technical
%20report.pdf
• Webinar: Integrating Product Service Systems into Sustainable Public
Procurement http://www.scpclearinghouse.org/e-library-all-13-1-AA-all-
all-1.html
Background

5.
• Addressing 10YFP SPP aims:
◦ Focussing on implementation
◦ Widening scope for participation
◦ Interactive ‘needs led’ activities
• Developing and piloting implementation
support package with pioneer City Councils
e.g. Barcelona & Torino
• Rolling out 3 phase approach to other willing
participants
Working 4c Group elements

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Circular Procurement training package:
 1st international Circular Procurement Congress
 Circular Procurement Introductory Flyer
 CP workshop 1 hour taster session
 Module 1 – online primer for Circular Procurement and
PSS
 Module 2 – Level 1 ½ day Policymakers workshop
 Module 3 – Level 2 1 day practitioners’ workshop
Working group activities

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E-learning primer:
 Circular economy
 Circular Procurement
 Lessons learnt
 Case Studies
 Fleet
 Medical
 Furniture
 Construction
E-module

8.
Flyer
xx-xx
awareness
E-module
Level 1 -
Prioritisation
workshop
Level 2 - Implementation
workshop
Level 3 - Tool box – guidance,
exemplars, metrics
CP Pilots & case studies
PolicymakersPractitioners
Developing countries
Interested parties
Working Group &
first movers
UNEP stakeholders:
Information Hierarchy &10YFP Working Group

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Next steps…
Circular economy interest group

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Thank you
Mervyn Jones
Sustainable Global Resources, UK
mervyn@sustainableglobalresources.co.uk