1. With the contribution of the LIFE financialinstrument of the European Community www.rebus.eu.com
Towards a Circular Economy model
for Procurement -
How to integrate product service systems into
sustainable procurement
Joan Prummel, Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Mervyn Jones, SGR Ltd UK

2.  10YFP responds to intergovernmental mandate to accelerate shift
to SCP patterns
 Creates greater collective impact and scaling up for shift to SCP,
with focused implementation projects on the ground
 Responds in a coherent and cost effective manner to regional and
national needs and priorities
 Programmes
 Consumer information;
 Sustainable lifestyles and education;
 Sustainable public procurement;
 Sustainable buildings and construction;
 Sustainable tourism, including ecotourism;
 Sustainable food systems
10YFP added-value for SCP

3. With the contribution of the LIFE financialinstrument of the European Community www.rebus.eu.comSource: EMF 2013 Towards the circular economy Report 1
The CE butterfly diagram

4. Procurement & circular economy
Sustainable Procurement + Circular Economy = Circular Procurement
Circular
business
models
Circular
design
Circular policy
Circular thinking

5. With the contribution of the LIFE financialinstrument of the European Community www.rebus.eu.com
Implementation approach
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

6. With the contribution of the LIFE financialinstrument of the European Community www.rebus.eu.com
Circular business models
• 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

7. With the contribution of the LIFE financialinstrument of the European Community
www.rebus.eu.com
THANK YOU
Joan Prummel, Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Mervyn Jones, SGR Ltd UK