green public procurement in estonia
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Hannes Mädo The Ministry of the Environment [email protected]. Green public procurement in Estonia. What is public procurement? Public procurement is the process by which government departments or agencies purchase goods and services from the private sector. Thresholds: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What is public procurement? Public procurement is the process by which government departments or agencies purchase goods and services from the private sector
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Thresholds:
International thresholds:1. When Government is buying goods or services 125 000 EUR2. when local government is buying goods or services 193 000 EUR3. All procurers when buying building services 4 845 000 EUR
Estonian thresholds:1. All procurers, when buying goods and services 40 000 EUR2. All procurers, when buying building services 250 000 EUR
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What is green public procurement (GPP)?
- Procedure where environmental considerations are taken into account within the procurement process.
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Why use GPP? Some facts from EU GPP traning toolkit:- 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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- If all European public authorities bought green electricity 18% of the Kyoto commitments could be met
- 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
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GPP doesn’t 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- Centralising: 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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How it works?
- Most of the EU countrys have National Actoin plans, where the targets of gpp are set up. Usually GPP is not legally binding in Member States.
- European Commission has worked out GPP criterias for 19 product groups. (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/eu_gpp_criteria_en.htm)
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Every product criteria has two stages:
1. Core criteria – set of minimum criterions that have to be included to tender documents
2. Comprehencive criteria – extra criterions for advanced procurers
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Criteria for copyng and graphic paperCore criteria:
- Paper must be made from 100% recovered paper fibres. - Recovered paper fibres include both post-consumer recycled fibres and pre-consumer recycled fibres from paper mills, also known as broke. -Post-consumer recycled fibres may come from consumers, offices, printing houses, bookbinders, or similar.Verification:All products carrying any type I ecolabel, such as the EU Ecolabel can serve as means of proof if it is specified that the paper is made from 00% recovered paper fibres. Any other appropriate means of proof, such as a technical dossier of the manufacturer or a test report from a recognised body will also be accepted.
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- The paper must be at least Elementary Chlorine Free (ECF). Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) will also be accepted.
Verification:All products carrying the EU Ecolabel will be deemed to comply. Other national type I ecolabels fulfilling the above criterion can also be accepted. Any other appropriate means of proof, such as a technical dossier of the manufacturer or a test report from a recognised body will also be accepted.
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Criteria for copyng and graphic paperComprehencive criteria:- Paper must be made from 00% recovered paper fibres, with a minimum of 65% post-consumer recycled fibres. - Recovered paper fibres include both post-consumer recycled fibres and pre-consumer recycled fibres from paper mills, also known as broke. - Post-consumer recycled fibres may come from consumers, offices, printing houses, bookbinders, or similar.Verification:All products carrying a type I ecolabel, such as the EU Ecolabel, can serve as means of proof if it is specified that the paper is made from 100% recovered paper fibres. Any other appropriate means of proof, such as a technical dossier of the manufacturer or a test report from a recognised body will also be accepted.
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- The ecological criteria of the EU Ecolabel, or other type I national ecolabels directly related to paper production (and not the management practices of the factory) must be met. Full criteria documents available at:• EU Ecolabel: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/product/pg_copyingpaper_en.htm
Verification:All products carrying the EU Ecolabel will be deemed to comply. Other national type I ecolabels fulfilling the listed criteria can also be accepted Any other appropriate means of proof, such as a technical dossier of the manufacturer or a test report from a recognised body will also be accepted.
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Current situation in EU:1. Updating criterias2. Harmonisig GPP criteria with Ecolabel requirements3. How to prioritize product croups for new criterias?4. New stage. SPP – sustainable public procuremet. (adding social and ethical criterions to public procurements)
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Current situation in Estonia:
- Political stage – The Ministry of Finance- Practical side and enforcement – The Ministry of the Environment- nearly 20% of procurements are green - EU Criterias- Monitoring- Action plan?
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For discussion:
- Shall GPP be legally binding? Shall it be written in law that using GPP must be mandatory?
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