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Title: Buying Green Making a difference through GPP


1
European Commission
GPP Training Toolkit
Introduction
Buying Green! - Making a difference through GPP
2
The power of GPP
Climate change
  • Average temperatures set to rise by 2 - 4C by
    2100, leading to
  • Rising sea levels, threatening coastal regions
    worldwide
  • Reduced agricultural productivity, especially in
    the developing world
  • Spread of diseases, such as malaria and yellow
    fever
  • Loss of biodiversity, with 20-50 of land species
    threatened with extinction
  • Increased extreme weather events

3
The power of GPP
Climate change (cont.)
  • Main cause burning of fossil fuels for energy -
    electricity generation, transportation, heating,
    industrial operations 80 of total CO2
    emissions

4
The power of GPP
Climate change (cont.)
  • How can GPP help?
  • Energy efficiency
  • Improve the energy performance of new and
    renovated public buildings
  • Buy energy efficient office equipment (PCs,
    printers, copiers etc.)
  • Buy more efficient cars for public fleets
  • Promoting renewable energy sources
  • Buy green electricity
  • Use alternative fuels for public transport and
    public car fleets

5
The power of GPP
Air and water pollution
  • Between 1997 and 2004 up to 60 of the urban EU
    population was exposed to excessive levels of
    Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Dioxide or Ozone -
    causing a variety of health problems
  • Nearly 90 of the EU area is affected by
    eutrophication (excessive nutrients in water
    systems), leading to reductions in biodiversity
    and affecting human consumption

6
The power of GPP
Air and water pollution (cont.)
  • Main cause of urban air pollution vehicle
    emissions
  • Main cause of eutrophication agricultural
    practices

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The power of GPP
Air and water pollution (cont.)
  • How can GPP help?
  • Reducing air pollution in cities
  • Buy buses and fleet cars with low emissions of
    particulates and Nitrogen Oxides
  • Reducing eutrophication
  • Buy organic food

8
The power of GPP
Deforestation
  • Each year 13 million hectares of forests are lost
    around the world - an area 3 times the size of
    Denmark - much of it logged illegally
  • Reducing the ability of the world to absorb CO2
  • Loss of habitat threatening the extinction of
    huge numbers of plants and animal species

9
The power of GPP
Deforestation (cont.)
  • How can GPP help?
  • Only purchase wood/wood products from legally
    harvested sources
  • Increase the proportion of wood coming from
    sustainably managed forests

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The power of GPP
  • Other areas where GPP can help - some examples
  • Saving natural resources
  • buying products made using recycled material
  • reducing the use of paper through buying printers
    able to print on both sides promoting the use of
    multi-functional devices
  • Healthy working conditions for staff, students,
    hospital patients etc.
  • using non-toxic cleaning products
  • serving organic food in canteens
  • excluding harmful substances from building
    construction and renovation works

11
GPP - a definition
  • Green public procurement procedure where
    environmental considerations are taken into
    account within the procurement process
  • GPP is smart procurement it means improving the
    efficiency of public procurement and at the same
    time using public market power to bring about
    major environmental benefits locally and
    globally.

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Why implement GPP?
  • GPP
  • is powerful
  • is smart
  • tackles local policy goals
  • drives innovation
  • is popular
  • is forward-thinking
  • is possible!

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GPP is powerful
  • European public authorities spend each year over
    1,800 billion on goods services (14 -16 of
    the GDP)
  • Directing this spending power towards the
    purchase of greener products and services can
  • Achieve huge direct environmental benefits
  • Help drive the market for greener products and
    services
  • Set an example for corporate and private consumers

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GPP is powerful
  • Electricity produced from renewable sources
  • If all European public authorities bought green
    electricity 18 of the Kyoto commitments could be
    met.
  • Energy intensity CO2 reduction
  • EU Public authorities buy 2.8 million computers
    annually - 12 of market
  • If the European market could be moved to
    producing slightly more efficient PCs then over 8
    million tonnes CO2 could be saved - equivalent to
    the emissions of almost 1 million people

Source RELIEF project - www.iclei-europe.org/reli
ef (see notes page)
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GPP is powerful
  • Organic farming
  • Public authorities buying organic food could
    offset the eutrophication impacts of over 3.5
    million people
  • Buying organic provides huge greenhouse gas
    reductions equivalent to the emissions of
    600,000 people, just for public sector food
    alone.

Source RELIEF project - www.iclei-europe.org/reli
ef
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GPP is smart
  • GPP doesnt mean spending more money
  • Life-cycle costing (LCC) Critical to consider
    the costs of a product/service throughout its
    useful life - purchase price, usage and
    maintenance costs, disposal costs
  • Efficient procurement GPP involves meeting your
    needs with the most efficient use of resources -
    consider the real need to buy
  • Example The City of Tübingen in Germany saved
    30,000 per year by centralising cleaning product
    and service procurement and by using innovative
    products.

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GPP tackles local policy goals
  • Achieve local environmental and health goals
  • Most local environmental and health concerns are
    influenced by the products we buy and the way
    services are carried out - GPP is an effective
    tool for tackling these at source.
  • Example In a central Frankfurt am Main street
    54 of NOx emissions were generated by buses -
    only 4 of the total traffic volume. The local
    authority now tenders for buses with very low
    emissions and this has had a major impact on
    improving the local atmosphere

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GPP drives innovation
  • Driving innovation
  • The market for green products is growing rapidly
    internationally.
  • Providing a market for such products helps
    European suppliers to develop innovative
    approaches and improve the international
    competitiveness of European, national and local
    industry
  • In both Japan and the US, the national
    governments have put laws in place to foster the
    creativity of industry and forge a competitive
    advantage internationally through compulsory
    public purchasing of eco-friendly products

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GPP drives innovation
  • Driving innovation (cont.)
  • Example In Maidstone (UK), following intensive,
    open dialogue with the market, an offer for low
    environmental impact cleaning services,
    excluding a large number of hazardous chemicals
    was provided at no extra cost.
  • The winning company has now rebranded itself as
    an environmentally friendly cleaning company. Now
    most of their other contracts also use this
    approach.

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GPP is popular
  • Improving the public image
  • 85 of EU Citizens feel that policymakers should
    consider the environment to be as important as
    economic and social policies
  • implementing a policy of GPP is a very effective
    way to demonstrate your authoritys commitment to
    sustainability as a whole.
  • through leading by example, public authorities
    can also encourage private sector companies and
    the general public to change their consumption
    habits

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GPP is forward-thinking
  • Preparing for future legislation
  • Environmental legislation across Europe is
    becoming increasingly strict
  • Compulsory emission standards for vehicles
  • Energy efficiency standards for buildings and
    energy-consuming products
  • Restricted use of harmful substances
  • GPP can help provide a testing ground for
    suppliers to improve the environmental
    performance of their products, before standards
    become mandatory for all

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GPP is possible!
  • GPP is straightforward to implement
  • Helpful guidance available - this Toolkit
    presents clear guidance on implementing GPP
  • No legal barriers - legal framework for GPP now
    clarified (see Module 2 of the EC GPP Training
    Toolkit)
  • Many success stories - good practical examples
    from around Europe

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GPP in practice
  • Zurich, Switzerland
  • purchased 2,166 energy efficient computers
    127,114kg CO2 saved during its use
  • used energy efficiency sustainable building
    materials criteria for 45,081 m2, covering
    contracts worth 175.1 Million
  • purchased organic food worth 390,000 5.6 of
    its total budget
  • Amaroussion/Kalithea, Greece
  • Purchased recycled paper jointly with several
    other authorities. The cost of recycled paper
    decreased to less than that for conventional
    paper

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Good Practice
  • Freiburg, Germany
  • The Department for Schools and Education
    implemented a 4-year leasing of A-class copy
    machines. No maintenance costs. 75 schools pay
    for the number of copies only. The cost of the
    service has been reduced by 50
  • German Austrian Federal governments
  • Both the German Ministry of the Environment, and
    the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
    Environment and Water now purchase 100 green
    electricity

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Good Practice
  • Kolding, Denmark
  • has changed nearly 100 of its purchasing
    policies to include environmental considerations.
    The overall procurement budget has been reduced
    by 10
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • All Barcelonas cleaning services (worth 16.2
    Million) use non toxic products

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Why start GPP NOW?
  • GPP
  • is powerful
  • is smart
  • tackles local policy goals
  • drives innovation
  • is popular
  • is forward-thinking
  • is possible!
  • So start now!

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Further information
  • For the full GPP Training Toolkit please visit
  • http//ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/toolkit_en.htm

Toolkit developed for the European Commission by
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability,
2008 Owner, Editor European Commission, DG
Environment-G2, B-1049, Bruxelles Disclaimer The
European Commission accepts no responsibility or
liability whatsoever with regard to the
information presented in this document
Pictures courtesy of Renee Brautigam (slide 7),
Peter Defranceschi (s. 12, 19), Mark Hidson (s.
15), Kolding Kommune (s. 25), and StockXchng BSK
(s. 2), Claudia Meyer (s. 3), Jim Frech (s. 4),
Ramzi Hashisho (s. 5), Terence O'Brien (s. 6),
Peter Hellebrand (s. 8), Kimberlee Kessler Design
(s. 9), Stefanie L. (s. 14), Sarah T. (s. 17),
Sanja Gjenero (s. 20), Daniel Furger (s. 23),
Vangelis Thomaidis (s. 23), Taylor Hart (s. 24),
Nina Briski (s. 25)
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