Circular Procurement & Green Deals Approach

Next Challenges

#WRF19

RijkswaterstaatJoan Prummel

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Humans are supposed to be intelligent, it's high time to prove it

Janez Potočnikco-chair of UNEP-IRP and board member of WRF

1 August

The Netherlands14 April

Ensure sustainable consumption

and production patterns

- energy

- carbon emissions

- waste and littering

- pollution

- resources

Procurementopportunities

Alice - This is impossible!

Mad Hatter - Only if you believe it is…

Mad Hatter

Slightly disturbed ('mad') character in the novel

Alices Adventures in Wonderland

Use DisposeBuy

Waste

Products

Circularprocurement

Waste contracts

Resources

Waste

UserWaste

managerSupplier

Circular procurement is a lever for circular economy

Relevanceof procurement?€ 1.800 billion

Pilots Waste Catering Company clothing Mobility ICT hardware Furniture Building &

Construction Paper Packaging https://www.pianoo.nl/en/sustainable-public-procurement/spp-

themes/circular-procurement/getting-started-circular-procurement

Dutch approach

Dutch approach

Dutch approach

Stimulateworking

examples

Analyse and

share

Support

Green Deals CP Experts

EU projects

Create

Circular Procurement in 8 steps1. From definition to ambition

2. Internal organisation

3. Demand

4. Collaboration

5. Tender procedure

6. Measuring and awarding

7. Ensure results and impact

8. Contract managementhttp://www.copper8.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/E-book-Circulair-Inkopen-in-8-stappen-Copper8.pdf

Green Deal Circular Procurement

- 2 pilots each- share what they learn

- learning by doing- collaborative network- real impact

Start: 50 participants

100 new circular pilots

commitment

success

Green Deals in Europe

Circular economy doesn'tstop at the borders

Circular economy depends on collaboration

Green Deals are local hubs for experience and tools

Green Deals accelerate real circular impact

10 Green Deals => 1.000 working business cases

Circular FlandersGreen Deal Circular Procurement June 2017 – December 2019

Veerle Labeeuw

- We learned from our Dutch colleagues and gave it a Flemish touch -

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I needcompetitors!

Green Deal Circular ProcurementJune 2017

100 PARTICIPANT ORGANIZATIONS

50 SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

The road to a Green Deal

•MOTIVATION

Circular Procurement as strategictheme

4 initiating organizations

Willingness to learn andexperiment

Inspired by approach of the Netherlands

GOALS

Stimulate experiments

Knowledge building

Demonstrate feasabilityof circular procurement

Commitments

PARTICIPANT ORGANIZATIONS

Perform at least 2 circular

procurement pilot projects

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

Perform at least 2 actions thatsupport the participants andlearning network

+Participate in learning network,

share knowledge& experiences

APPROACH = learning by doing

4 offline inspiration days per year Online learning platform Access to tools & instruments Buyer Meets supplier events Lessons learnt and best practices Identification and removal of bottlenecks

Offline Inspiration Days

• Thematic inspiration sessions Ambitions & functional needs

Chain cooperation & dialogue with the market

Specification & granting

Impact measurement

…

• Circular Procurement Teams Collaborate on joint problems & challenges

Bottom-up team formation

Online Learning Platform

• Information Portal

• Knowledge building

• Database of good practices

• Interaction & Exchange

• Follow-up of pilot projects

Exclusively accessible for participating andsupporting organizations

Access to tools & instruments

Buyer Meets Supplier

Lessons learned & best practices

Identification and removal of bottlenecks

Legal, Financial & Technical questions

University of AntwerpDepartment of Product Development

Karine Van Doorsselaer

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Result of a growth process

•Learning netwerk = started with common definition

clear agreements on approach

experiment together (failure is ok)

share knowledge & experiences

Within reality of company/organizational goals

Keeping the wishes of the (internal) clients in mind

Considering the external context

RijkswaterstaatEmile Bruls

Reduce total amount of materials

Reduce amount of virging inputs

30% post-consumer20% pre-consumer50% recycled PET

Extend the useful life

Maximise the reusability of a product or component

Maximise reusability andrecyclability of materials

Thank you for your attention.Are there any questions?

Joan Prummel joan.prummel@rws.nl

Veerle Labeeuw veerle@vlaanderen-circulair.be

Karine Van Doorsselaer

karine.vandoorsselaer@uantwerpen.be

Emile Bruls emile.bruls@rws.nl