Sustainable procurement recognised across organisation and procurement function working towards wider organisational CP buy-in
Circular public procurement: a framework for cities (Ellen McArthur Foundation)
This framework maps the city journey from deciding to adopt a more circular approach, to piloting circular procurement projects, scaling, and mainstreaming. It includes a set of questions, examples and resources for each step of the process to help practicioners adpot a more circular approach to public procurement.
Target audience: Practicioners
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: 1. Policy frameworks & national action plans — e.g., national CPP/SPP/CE policies, government bodies, strategic plans. 2. Capacity-building mechanisms — e.g., PIANOo guidance, KEINO network, helpdesks, training, market engagement. (Examples in Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Poland, etc.). 3. Circular procurement criteria, tender requirements and guidelines — e.g., durability, reparability, recyclability, LCC, take-back systems. — The report includes a large coded dataset of criteria. 4. Case studies & best practices — examples of cities, tenders, national initiatives. — “Circular procurement cases” section + Appendix 5 framework for identifying cases.
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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
Website Circular flanders specificly 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.
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The Circular Procurement Transformation Guidance - ProCirc Interreg NSR funded project
The Circular Procurement Transformation Guidance is a framework that procurers and affiliated functions can use to incorporate circular procurement in policies. It introduces many available resources, such as tools, inspirational examples from Interreg NSR ProCirc pilot projects and beyond and gives hand-on advice. It is organised by the different stages of the procurement journey.
Target audience: Procurers and affiliated functions
Guidance from The National Agency for Public Procurement in Sweden.
Refers to e.g. the waste hieararchy and Circular Flanders's strategies, descirbes how you can work strategically with circular procurement and how you can include circularity in the buying/procurement process.
Link to the tool Guidance from The National Agency for Public Procurement in Sweden. (Swedish)
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Roadmap circular procurement & commissioning from Amsterdam Metropolitan Region
This roadmap provides measuring methodology to determine when a tender can be called circular and establish the organiation's level of circular procurement. It is a practical tool, with steps to take, instuments to use and examples to follow. One of the steps is to determine the level of ambition and the strategy of the organisation, this includes the identification of which major objectives regarding socially responsible procurement and commissioning or sustainability/climate/circularity are a good fit with the ambitions regarding circular procurement and commissioning. Based on the selected level of ambition, and organisation objectives, the organisation selects specific actions. The guide has been developed to maket it easy for purchasing bodies to monitor overall performance.
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