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Sustainable Public Procurement
A handy tool for achieving the aims of biological diversity
Philipp Tepper
Project Coordinator and Procura+ Campaign Manager
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Montreal, 3rd October 2013
Third Meeting of the Gloabl Partnership for Business and Biodiversity
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability:
● an international network that advances local sustainability
● a city movement that works on sustainability projects, programmes, campaigns and advocacy
● funded by membership fees and project funding
● founded in 1990 at the UN Headquarters in New York
● introduced Local Agenda 21 in 1992 and continues to promote it worldwide
Connecting leaders in Sustainability
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
● 1,100+ members: cities and local governments world-wide
● 15 offices plus satellite offices
● 200+ staff
● Represents Local Governments at UNFCCC, UNCBD, UNCSD
We consider a Sustainable City to be one that:● strives to reduce its per capita use of natural resources to a level
that endangers neither local nor global ecosystems, and at the same time
● ensures that political, economic and social systems guarantee a high quality of life for everyone.
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● SPP raises awareness of sustainability issues
● SPP allows PAs to achieve environmental targets
● Helps public authorities meet key environmental, social & ecological challenges
● Drive the market / launching pad for new technologies
● Sets an example
● SPP saves money and resources
● Meet existing & forthcoming legislation
● Improvements in working conditions
● Assist disadvantaged groups in society
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Cities such as Vancouver or Berlin are hotspots of biodiversity
Responsibility for biodiversity
Implementation of policies, strategies and laws
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Sustainable procurement makes use of existing laws to conserve biodiversity
Good procurement starts with a good title
Make use of the „subject matter“ and send a strong signal to the market that you only want sustainable products, services and works
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Economic benefits
Why to pay less and as a result to get even less? – Did you know that organic meat only looses 10-20% of its weight compared to non-organic meat that looses 40-60%?
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Boost sustainable entrepreneurship
Apply cradle to cradle
Encourage renewable resources economics
Drive ecodesign
Bio-based products (e.g. plastics)
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Food
Aim: nature conservation
Measure: organic agriculture and food production
Certification (e.g.):
Procurement approach: criteria of
Certification & contracts: above certifications or equivalent
Who does it: Rome, Barcelona, Malmö, Freiburg, etc.
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Timber
Aim: climate change mitigation and conservation of biological diversity
Measure: sustainable forest management
Certification (e.g.):
Procurement approach: criteria of
Certification & contracts: above certifications or equivalent
Who does it: London, Vancouver, Zagreb, etc.
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Bio-based packaging
Aim: reduce waste and use of natural resources
Measure: compostable, bio-based packaging (100% recycled paper, cardboard / >85% bio-based plastics)
Certification (e.g.):
Procurement approach: criteria of
Certification & contracts: above certifications or equivalent
Who does it: Toronto, Hamburg, Barcelona, etc.
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OutlookGreening supply chains
Monetarising emissions such as NOx, SO2, CO2, etc. in the award of tenders
Drive innovation (e.g. Self-Healing Concrete Healing Concrete – Bacteria deposit dense layers of calcium carbonate and other minerals on concrete structures sealing off green house gases or Algal Wastewater processing – Using bioreactors that combine bacteria and algae)
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ICLEI believes that mainstreaming sustainable supply
chains by using the purchasing power of procurement
will make the difference – join us on this mission!
www.sustainable-procurement.org
www.procuraplus.org
ICLEI European Secretariat
Philipp Tepper
Tel. +49 / (0)761 368 920
Moving ahead