Federal department of environment, transport, energy and communications ETEC

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production – Switzerland

by Anik KohliAlternate Board Member of 10YFPECOSOC, 19 July 2013

International Affairs Division

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Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP)

“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.”*

*This definition has been adopted by the MTF on SPP at its first meeting. Taken from « Procuring the future » - report of the UK Sustainable Procurement Task Force, June 2006

Sustainable Public Procurement = Good Public Procurement

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Approach to SPP

Flexible step by step approach to SPP in order to meet different needs and ambitions

Pilot Countries: UK local authorities, New Zealand, Argentina, Mauritius, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Chile, Tunisia, Ghana, Colombia, Lebanon

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SPP Initiative

• Launched at the Rio+20 Conference

• Work Programme: • core activities (e.g.

implementation) • working groups to further

develop the SPPI

Goal of the SPPI: To promote worldwide implementation of SPP through increased cooperation between key stakeholders and a better understanding of its potential benefits and impacts.

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Scope of the FAO/UNEP Sustainable Food Systems Programme

Importer

Production

End-product manufacturer

ShopProcessor

The food system

Unsustainable hotspots in the food supply chain

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Sustainable Food Systems Programme

• Programme Components: I. Information platforms on agri-food products and

sustainable food systems; II. Reliable and sustainable communication of food

products throughout the supply chain; III. Enabling conditions for uptake of sustainable

production practices; and IV. Market based mechanisms for sustainable food

consumption and production throughout the supply chain

Goal: To facilitate the transition to more sustainable and resource efficient production and consumption patterns in the agri-food sector.

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THANK YOU !