This document discusses sustainable public procurement (SPP) implementation globally and regionally. It provides an overview of recent SPP global reviews by the UN, noting increasing priority of product categories and criteria. 45 governments contributed to the 2022 review. It also summarizes results of SPP monitoring under UN SDG indicator 12.7.1, with 40 countries classified based on their implementation levels. Regionally, it highlights experiences in Asia, including expanding product coverage in China's GPP and increasing market and environmental impacts of Korea's GPP program over time.

1. Farid Yaker
Programme Officer, Sustainable Public Procurement
United Nations Environment Programme
.
Global Overview of Sustainable Public Procurement
Implementation
Introductory workshop on Sustainable Public Procurement and eco-labelling
in the Republic of Azerbaijan
20 December 2022

2. I. GLOBAL SPP REVIEW

3. 2017 Global SPP
Review
A global report
periodically
reviewing the
implementation of
SPP
http://www.scpclearinghouse.org/resource/2017-
global-review-sustainable-public-procurement
2013 Global SPP
Review
http://www.scpclearinghouse.org/resource/sustaina
ble-public-procurement-global-review-2013
Upcoming : 2022 Global
SPP Review

4. 2022 Global SPP Review
45 governments responded to the
National Questionnaire and 322
stakeholders responded to the
Global Review Survey

5. SPP Action Plans in the World – according to
UNEP Factsheets (2017)

6. Number of SPP policies adopted per year 2004-2021
Source: UNEP 2022 SPP Global Review

8. Common activities and measures to support SPP
implementation, 2021 vs. 2017, ranked according to
2021 data
Source: UNEP 2022 SPP Global Review

9. 56% of
governments prioritize
certain product
categories in 2016
9
60% of
governments prioritize
certain product
categories in 2021
Prioritization of product groups
Source: UNEP 2022 SPP Global Review

10. Participating national governments with mandatory
SPP criteria or product guidelines, 2021
Source: UNEP 2022 SPP Global Review

11. Office IT 89%
Office paper and stationary 85%
Vehicles 70%
Cleaning 67%
Furniture 63%
Buidling design and construction 59%
Building equipment 59%
Building materials 52%
Energy 52%
Textiles 52%
Food and catering 44%
Chemical products 37%
Household appliances 37%
Infrastructure design and construction 33%
Waste collection and street cleaning 22%
Travel services 15%
Works execution 15%
Global Review of SPP, 2017
.
Which categories of products, services and
works are prioritized?

12. 71%
66%
66%
66%
63%
63%
54%
54%
49%
46%
46%
46%
41%
39%
39%
37%
37%
34%
34%
32%
32%
29%
27%
27%
24%
22%
20%
7%
7%
Resource efficiency
Hazardous substances
Energy conservation
Climate change mitigation
Waste minimisation
Air pollution
Protection of natural resources
Health quality
Clean technology and eco-innovation
Water pollution
Water conservation
Biodiversity preservation
Ozone depletion
Diversity and equality
Micro, small and medium enterprises
Soil protection
Local environmental conditions
Occupational health and safety
Workers rights
Elimination of access barriers
Fair or ethical trade
Human rights
Local content / local producers
Skills and training opportunities
Social, sheltered or set-aside enterprises
Community engagement/development
Human trafficking
Other environmental aspects
Other social aspects
Global Review of SPP, 2016
12
What type of sustainability issues are addressed by SPP
policies? 2016
Environmental issues
Socio-economic issues

13. Sustainability issues addressed by SPP policies,
2021
Source: UNEP 2022 SPP Global Review

14. Strongest barriers to the implementation of SP in survey
participants’ organisations rankings, 2017 vs. 2021
Source: UNEP 2022 SPP Global Review

15. Ecolabels,
standards &
certifications Monitoring &
reporting SPP
implementation
Climate change
policy goals
through
procurement
Linkages between
environmental &
socio-economic
dimensions
Training and
capacity-building
Life-cycle costing
E-procurement
platforms
SPP as a
strategic tool
Transparency
in supply
chains
2017: Emerging topics, strategies &
activities
Source: UNEP 2017 SPP Global Review

16. Ecolabels,
standards &
certifications
Monitoring &
reporting SPP
outputs,
institutionalization
and outcomes
Climate change
policy goals
through
procurement
Focus on socio-
economic
dimensions
Training and
capacity-building
Harmonization
and
standardization of
SPP
E-procurement
platforms
Circular
procurement
Equality and
human and labour
rights in supply
chains
2021: Emerging topics, strategies &
activities
Market
engagement
Link to
SDGs
Source: UNEP 2022 SPP Global Review

17. II. SDG 12.7.1 data collection outcome

18. SDG 12.7: Promote public procurement practices that are
sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities

19. SDG 12
• Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and
production patterns
• Target 12.7: Promote public procurement
practices that are sustainable in accordance
with national policies and priorities
• Indicator 12.7.1 Number of countries
implementing sustainable public procurement
policies and action plans

20. 40 submissions received from national governments
(representing 72% of Global GDP)
Rola.Darwish@bt-villes.org

21. 40 participating national/federal governments in 12.7.1 reporting exercise
New Zealand
Panama
China
Japa
n
Philippine
s
Bulgaria
Czech
Republic
Dominican
Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Mexico
The Netherlands
Mauritius
Paraguay
Norway
Republic of Korea
Poland
Slovenia
Sweden
United
States of
America
Uruguay
Canada
Costa Rica
Croatia
Colombia
Honduras
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Ivory Coast
Lithuania
Tunisia
Belgium
Malta
Austria
Cyprus
Franc
e
Latvi
a
Portuga
l
Europe Latin America and the Caribbean
Northern
America
Asia and
the Pacific
Africa and
Western Asia

22. 2020 SDG 12.7.1. Data collection outcome
Level of SPP implementation (national/federal government)

23. 20/21 SDG 12.7.1. Data collection outcome
Regional distribution
and classification of
submissions
based on the
information and
evidence provided, as
of December 2020

24. 2020/2021 Data collection for SDG 12.7.1
Level of SPP implementation
* Please note that due to the participation of only one country in Africa and Western Asia (Côte d’Ivoire) out of 75
countries in the region, this part of the world is not represented in the regional charts as data of one country cannot
be considered as representative of regional trends.
Average SPP Implementation score
per region*
2,34

25. Overview of governments’ performance in each section of the
questionnaire
• Good performance in terms of reaching
an enabling public procurement legal
framework (sub-indicator B) as it is a
necessary first step in the
implementation of SPP.
• Medium performance in terms of practical
support provided to SPP practitioners
(sub-indicator C) and the general
monitoring of SPP (sub-indicator E).
• Lower performance: development of
sustainable procurement criteria and
conduction of a risk assessment analysis
before the development of those criteria
(sub-indicator D), or in the actual
measurement of SPP outcomes/outputs
(sub-indicator F).

26. III. GPP in Asia

27. More than a decade, MOF and MEE have jointly published 22 issues list of EL products for
government procurement attached with product categories expanding from 14 to 69, and
product models boosted from 856 to 392586.
China GPP experience

28. Expenditures in green products
▪Korea’s GPP recorded around 3.3 billion USD in 2017 which has
increased more than 4.2 times compared to the one of 2005.
0,79 0,86
1,34
1,58 1,63 1,64 1,65 1,73
2,04 2,2
2,4
2,8
3,3
4,5 5,3
6,9
5,4 5,3 4,9 5,3 6,1
7,5
10
7,9
10 10,8
0
5
10
15
20
25
0
1
2
3
4
2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Total expenditure in green products(billion USD)
% of GPP over the total domestic purchase executed by PPS
Monitoring Results of GPP in Korea

29. Growing market for eco-labeled products
▪ GPP extend the eco-labeled products market
37 182
941
1 636 1 636 1 841 2 025 2 387 2 738 2 547
3 643
82 326
4 639
7 904 7 777
9 140
10 436
13 352
16 647
18 086
14 647
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
20000
1992 2001 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Eco-Certified Companies Eco-Labled Products
Sustainability Impacts of GPP in Korea

30. Environmental Impacts
108
316
495
601
620
538 544
491
532 543
469
568
665
53,5 55,5
69,6 66 71 66 70
182
275
382
414
345
400
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
GHG emission reduction (thousand tons) Environmental benefits (million USD)
2005 2006 2008
2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016
2015
2014 2017
Sustainability Impacts of GPP in Korea

32. Thank you!
Farid Yaker/ Programme Officer / Sustainable Public Procurement
Farid.yaker@un.org
www.unenvironment.org