Sustainable procurement -

the Swedish example

Peter Nohrstedt

Lisbon 16 September 2014

Structure of the presentation

• GPP in Sweden

• National GPP tool

• GPP examples

• New PP support organisation in Sweden

GPP in Sweden in short • Voluntary approach, except for cars to gov. agencies

• National action plan on GPP 2007

• Targets to increase the amount of GPP and more well defined

requirements

• Volume of public procurement is approx. € 50-60 bn

• Target group: Local authorities, County Councils, State Agencies,

suppliers

• Annual GPP budget 11,5 MSEK

• 35 extra MSEK from 2015 for the procurement support function

• Roadmap for Public Procurement 8 September 2014

National GPP/SPP-tool

Web based

– 54 product groups

• 124 sub-product groups

• approx. 800 criteria

• Three levels: base, advanced and spearhead

– Environmental criteria

– LCC criteria and tools

– CSR Compass

– Follow up portal

– Value calculators

– Social criteria

– Guidelines, motives

– Interactive web training-tools

– Training and support (helpdesk)

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DOWNLOAD CRITERIA

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GPP development in Sweden

Data collected from Swedish EPA studies conducted in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2013.

Examples from Sweden

Procurement policy

X:s municipals objective is to minimize the environmental

impact. Therefore, the municipality in all procurements will

prioritize and require goods, services and works with as little

environmental impact as possible.

Example overall targets The policy means that the municipality must:

• Prioritize and buy goods and services that minimize

environmental/sustainability impact.

• ie consider:

• social / ethical aspects

• animal welfare in food procurements

• recycling aspects

• chemical toxicity

• LCA

• LCC

• innovative solutions

Example detailed targets

• 50% of procured food (often specified) are organic

• All relevant suppliers have an implemented EMS (EMAS, ISO

14001)

• The municipality will to 2020 completely stop procure products or

services containing chemicals under REACH Annex XIV and XVII

that require permits or are restricted.

• By 2020, 50 percent of all new constructions are made of wood.

• 55% of procured transport services are done with “green” vehicles.

Resources

• Often one person responsible for GPP/SPP

• National GPP/SPP tool

• Consultants/experts are often used

• Cooperation with other departments

Examples Coordinated distribution of food and consumables

50% less transport need

60-80% less environmental impact

LCC

• Vending machines

• Air ventilation filter

• Ventilation systems

• Vehicles

• Indoor and outdoor lighting

Example “green list”

The new Swedish support

organisation for public

procurement

The Swedish Competition Authority

(SCA) The Swedish Competition Authority is a state

authority working in order to safeguard and

promote competition and supervise public

procurement in Sweden

"Economic welfare through effective markets"

The Swedish Competition Authority –

new tasks

• SCA responsible for support and guidance to suppliers

and contracting authorities Contribute to reinforce the strategic importance of public procurement

Facilitate SMEs’ participation in public procurement

Prevent corruption and combat conflicts of interest

Contribute to goals about sustainable procurement and encourage voluntary

improvement of environmental considerations in public procurement

Promote innovation procurement

New webpage 1st January 2015 with the GPP/SPP tool

Experiences • Important to consider the whole chain from investment decision

to the actual purchase

• Engage politicians / decision makers

• Purchasers need help to validate evidence and to follow up

contracts

• Prioritize the most important product groups for Green

Procurement

• Use LCC when relevant

• Be pragmatic

• Follow-up

Thank you for your attention!

Peter Nohrstedt

peter.nohrstedt@kkv.se

+46 8 5861718