Ambitions being set at individual level (bottom up)
Handbook on Circular Procurement - CityLoops Horizon Europe funded project
This handbook offers tools and guidance for implementing and scaling circular procurement, featuring practical examples for every stage of the tender process as well as strategies for embedding circular practices within an organization. It focuses specifically on the biowaste and construction-and-demolition-waste sectors and is designed for use by cities and regional authorities.
Target audience: Cities and regions (general)
Circular Procurement Toolkit - CityLoops Horizon Europe funded project
This circular toolkit helps cities apply ciruclar procurement in biowaste and construction and demolition waste offering tools for each stage of the procurement process to enhance efficiency and sustainability.
Link to the tool Circular Procurement Toolkit - CityLoops Horizon Europe funded project (English )
Target audience: Cities and regions (general)
How to advance circular public procurement? - CircularPP Interreg Baltic Sea region funded project
The report defines 4 resource types relevant for accelerating CP:
- Policy frameworks & national action plans
e.g., national CPP/SPP/CE policies, government bodies, strategic plans. - Capacity-building mechanisms
e.g., PIANOo guidance, KEINO network, helpdesks, training, market engagement.
Toolbox - ProCirc Interreg NSR funded project
The toolbox supports procurers by compiling existing tools and methods based on real life experiences. It offers a filterable list of tools helping to select those most suitable to each context, including the organisation siutation, the maturity of the circular approach and product category, and most important the goal that wants to be achieved.
Link to the tool Toolbox - ProCirc Interreg NSR funded project (English )
Target audience: procurer of manager
Interreg Europe 2 lifes project
The main expected results are the development of new channels, infrastructures and protocols for re-use through instruments in force as well as the awareness-raising of households, businesses and administrations regarding the need to change the consumption patterns. Focus on promoting reuse practices.
Link to the tool Interreg Europe 2 lifes project (English)
Website Circular Flanders specifically for circular procurement - roadmap, ambitions, criteria...
The Circular Flanders platform is a comprehensive resource hub that explains what circular purchasing means, why it matters, and how organisations can implement it. It offers frameworks, tools, case studies, and learning resources to help buyers shift from traditional cost-based procurement to strategies that maximise material value, extend product lifecycles, and stimulate market demand for circular solutions.
Circular Procurement Handbook (FI)
The handbook focuses on circular economy procurement, aiming to provide a comprehensive overview of how public procurement can promote sustainable resource use and support the transition to a circular economy. Its objective is to offer practical principles, examples, and strategic guidance for integrating circularity into procurement processes, drawing on research and case studies from Finnish municipalities. The guide is intended for professionals involved in public procurement, procurement specialists, and experts across various sectors, as well as companies participating in competitive bidding.
Link to the tool Circular Procurement Handbook (FI) (Finnish)
Guidance on innovation procurement
The document provides guidance on innovation procurement, explaining how public sector buyers can stimulate the development and adoption of innovative products, services, and processes. Its goal is to help public authorities strengthen economic recovery, support the green and digital transition, modernize public services, and create opportunities for innovative companies through strategic procurement practices. The target group includes public procurement officers, policy makers, public-sector decision makers, and suppliers—especially start-ups and innovative SMEs—who engage in or support the process of innovation procurement.
Link to the tool Guidance on innovation procurement
Advice on circular economy and procurement from SKR (the Swedish Association of local authorities and regions)
Refers to e.g. the waste hierarchy and Circular Flanders's strategies, describes how you can work strategically with circular procurement and how you can include circularity in the buying/procurement process.
From the Swedisk research institute IVL
The Procurement Panel is a platform for fossil-free and circular procurement, aiming to facilitate networking, exchange experiences, gather opinions, and disseminate results in this area. Contains criteria among other things.
Link to the tool From the Swedisk research institute IVL (English )
Six hands on tip on how to start your work with circular procurement, from one of the Swedish innovation programmes (RE:Source)
The document focuses on sustainable and circular public procurement, combining tools such as the NHS Wales Supply Chain Carbon Calculator and guidance from RE:Source on circular procurement. Its goal is to help organisations measure supply-chain carbon emissions, reduce environmental impact, and integrate circular-economy principles into purchasing decisions by choosing low-carbon, reusable, or resource-efficient solutions. The target group includes public-sector procurement officers, sustainability teams, financial managers, and decision-makers who are responsible for planning, reporting, and implementing climate-smart and circular procurement practices.