Mr. Eric Dupont, UNFPA Chief of Procurement Services Branch, delivered a presentation at WTO on how UNFPA, in collaboration with suppliers and manufacturers of condoms, works to minimize the environmental impact of its health procurement. Key results, impact, and next steps are highlighted.

1. GREENING THE BLUE -
ENVIRONMENTAL
FRIENDLY CONDOMS
Eric Dupont
Chief, Procurement Services Branch
UNFPA
23rd March, 2017

2. Key Prerequisites
STARTING POINTS:
- Know your procurement profile
- Understand your leverage and the
value of your ”account”
- Understand the environmental
impact of your products

3. What are our leverage
products?
High
Bottleneck Products
(Some pharmaceuticals)
Critical Products
(Implants, Emerg.
Kits, etc.)
SupplyRisk
Nuisance Products
(some Medical
Equipment)
Leverage Products
(Male Condoms)
Low
Low Relative Spend High

4. Highest environmental
impact products
Male Condoms (use of Water,
Chemicals, Raw materials, etc.)

5. How attractive is the UNFPA
Account to MC suppliers?
High
Nurture and Develop Protect
AccountAttractiv.
Nuisance Exploit
Low
Low Value of Account High

6. All Conditions are met to
green MC procurement!
- Male Cond.: Leverage products
- Male Cond.: High envir. impact
- Male Cond. Suppliers want to
protect the UNFPA account

7. Shaping Markets through
Environmental Initiatives
- Reduce prices further? No
- Green MC production? Yes
VfM not through price reduction

8. Next steps
1. Strategy with measurable goals
- CO2 emissions
- Water consumption
- Hazardous chemicals impact
- Raw material consumptions

9. Next steps
2. Communicate strategy to
- Donors
- Governments
- Suppliers
- Clients

10. Next steps
3. Engage suppliers
- Collaboratively
- Focus on benefits, RoI not costs
- Make changes progressively
- Make them aware of the What,
Why and When

11. Supplier Engagement
- Ask suppliers to define an action plan
to respond to UNFPA’s long- and
short-term goals (in tenders)
- Monitor the implementation
- Suggest improvements and monitor
implementation of improvements

12. Results and Impact
All UNFPA LTA Suppliers of Male
Condoms are ISO 14000 certified

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