1. 1 The Procura + Campaign Driving sustainability through public procurement Mark Hidson Director Sustainable Procurement ICLEI European Secretariat

2. What is the Procura+ Campaign Procura + is an initiative designed to help support public authorities across Europe in implementing sustainable procurement – and help promote their achievements.

3. Why join Procura + ?  Achieve financial savings  Access to best practices  Promote your achievements  Participate in training and events  Share experience with others  Meet your local environmental, social and health goals  Get advice from experts The Procura + approach is tailored to meet the specific needs of any type and size of authority.

4. Support  The Procura + milestone approach  The Procura + manual  Procura + key criteria  Advice & support  Keep up to date  Learn from others  Access to seminars and conference

5. The Procura + milestone approach

6. The Procura + Manual

7. Procura + key criteria

8. Advice & support

9. Learn from others  Participants meeting once a year  Participants telephone meeting once a year  Ongoing sharing of information

10. Access to seminars & conferences

11. Promotion  Present your achievements internationally  Demonstrate your commitment to sustainable procurement  Use of the Procura + logo

12. Members Achievements  Barcelona spends 16.2 million EUR a year on cleaning services using non-toxic products meeting the Procura + criteria  In 2005 100% of the IT equipment purchased by the City of Reggio Emilia in Italy was energy efficient.  Kolding 100% of IT equipment purchases and cleaning services met the Procura + criteria, & 65,000kg of organic food was bought  City of Lille uses 50% recycled paper, serves organic meals in schools & at receptions, & reduced energy consumption for public lighting by 32%  City of Ferrara, Italy, 80-90% of all food served in school canteens is organic, it purchases 50% recycled paper & uses non-toxic cleaning products

13. To participate in the Campaign  Commit to self-set sustainable procurement targets  Report progress on sustainable procurement achievements to ICLEI  Send tender documents to ICLEI for all 6 Procura + product groups  Contribute an annual participation fee

14. Fees

15. Join the movement E-mail: mark.hidson@iclei-europe.org www.procuraplus.org