3. Benefits of a circular EU economy
European Union
€600 billion
The Netherlands
€7,3 billion
54,000 jobs
Sources: EU, Ellen McArthur Foundation, Club of Rome, TNO, WRAP
Sweden
3% trade balance
15,000 jobs
United Kingdom
~€30 billion
200,000 jobs
Denmark
GDP 0.8–1.4%
7,000-13,000 jobs
Finland
GDP 0.33-0.66%
15,000 jobs
France
GDP 0.33-0.66%
100,000 jobs
Spain
GDP 0.33-0.66%
100,000 jobs
5. Circular thinking addresses
all stages of Goods &
Services:
Key principles
What will happen to it
afterwards?
Where does it come from?
Who made it?
What is it made of?
How will it be used?
Purchasing
Use
Disposal
8. Circular procurement depends on the
ambition of the organisation, translated
into policy and therefore the
collaboration of the clients and budget
holders.
Circular procurement
needs circular clients!
Circular clients
10. WHY are we working on this?
• Ambition – what difference do we want to make?
HOW will we achieve it?
• Policy – what route do we choose to achieve the ambition?
• Policy goals – develop strategy and indicators of progress
WHAT we will do
• Operational – actions leading to delivery of policy goals in line with
strategy
Implementing a top down approach
11. Stimulate circular propositions from the market by
our demand
Procure differently:
- performance based and functional
- new contracts e.g.
product service systems - buy sell back - buy resell
Arrange control on reuse after our use
Creating circularity
A product is not circular until you make it
circular
Thomas Rau, architect
12. • Performance as a priority
• Choice - Dutch IMSA has identified 19 different alternatives
to linear model
Grouped into 6 themes:
◦short cycle
◦long cycle
◦cascades
◦pure cycles
◦dematerialisation e.g. PSS
◦on demand
• Restorative and regenerative models have major carbon &
climate change benefits
Circular business models
19. Construction Industry
Value Chain and
Circular Economy
Opportunities
Circular construction
• Asset
management e.g.
BIM, MAMT
• Design for waste
minimisation
• Modular design
for reuse &
refurbish e.g.
reversible
buildings
• Design for
recyclability
• Product as a
Service, e.g.
lighting
• Circular
Supply Chain,
e.g. use of
bio-based
materials
• Demolition
waste
audits
• Circular Procurement policy
• Sourcing, use &
disposal
• Sharing Platform, e.g. flexible
leasing and shared use of space
• REBMs
• Recover, reuse
& recycle
• Product Life
Extension
22. Reconstruction project of 19km of the A12 near Arnhem,
Netherlands
• Design, Build, Fund and Manage (DBFM) - incentivises product lifetime
optimisation, e.g. through higher quality maintenance regimes
• Increasing materials durability and lifetimes helps to close materials and
products loops
• CO2 Performance Ladder monetizes the working processes & favouring
suppliers that reduce CO2 emissions
• An ‘environmental costs indicator value’ assesses and monetizes product
quality, favouring low environmental impacts solutions - based on the
life cycle assessment (LCA) of all the materials that are used in the
construction and maintenance operations
• Most economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)
• Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Dutch Green Deal - Infrastructure
24. What are the requirements to make circular procurement
happen in practice:
◦ Vision
◦ Policy alignment
◦ Implementation programme – timescales, scope,
engagement
◦ Support – guidance & training
◦ Measurement – metrics & KPIs, data gathering/recording
◦ Reporting – appropriate level, timeframes, etc
◦ Evaluation & impact
Summary
25. • Policy makers and budget holders steer
procurement
• Circular Procurement plays a key role in
policy implementation and stimulating CE
• It is about extending the influence of GPP
• There are no additional or professional
obstacles & barriers to those of SPP/GPP
Conclusion
