Green Public Procurement and the EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy (within FWC IP/A/ENVI/FWC/2014-027/Lot 3/C3/SC1)

Green Public Procurement

Countries

EU

Name of client, beneficiary

European Parliament

Origin of funding

European Parliament

Names of consortium members

Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ); Sustainable Global Resources Ltd (SGR)

Project start

2017-01-01

Project end

2017-07-01

Short description

In European countries the public sector accounts for more than 25 % of total employment. Every year, over 250,000 public authorities in the EU spend around 14 % of Gross Domestic Product on the purchase of services, works and supplies. Therefore, Green Public Procurement (GPP) has a key role in delivering a Circular Economy (CE) in Europe. 

The study provides an overview of the current status of Green Public Procurement in the EU and explores the capabilities of interaction and cross-impacts between Green Public Procurement and the Circular Economy, with a focus on the particular challenges in the implementation. 

Services provided

• Completeness check of EU GPP criteria and tools according to the CE Action plan
• Analysis of challenges and opportunities of GPP in CE 
• Provision of information on developments on EU funded research and innovation in the field of GPP 
• Analysis of the level of implementation of National Action Plans on GPP in the different Member States
• Elaboration of recommendations for the implementation of effective GPP measures 

Topics

Green Growth, Circular Economy, Waste

Project links

http://europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/602065/IPOL_STU(2017)602065_EN.pdf
https://umweltbundesamt.at/news_170707_en/