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1 MUNICIPALITY OF FERRARA (ITALY) Day-to-day implementation of GPP in Ferrara B04 Mainstreaming sustainable procurement: From the extraordinary to the ordinary Fourth European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns Aalborg, Denmark, 9-11 June

2 General Overview inhabitants km 2 : 13% urbanised - 52% protected 64% Business and services 18% Industries and SME: 3 EMAS, 14 ISO % agriculture 28% of journeys by bicycle - 4% by bus 5.3ha is the ecological footprint of her inhabitant 7,19 ton/year is the CO 2 -emission for each inhabitant eq./in. heat up with renewable energy Comune di Ferrara città patrimonio dell'umanità workers are employed in the Local Authority 120 millions is the LA average annual budget 2

3 CHRONOLOGY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY 1995 ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT 1996 AALBORG CHARTER SIGNED 1998 LOCAL AGENDA21 ACTIVATED 2000 AGENDA21 FORUM 2001 AGENDA21 ACTION PLAN 2002/2004 FERRARA ACTION21 3

4 From Agenda21 to Action21 Participated Plans Master Plan Traffic Plan Sport Plan Health Plan Social Service Plan Young Policies Plan Partnership and CSR Commune & Province joint LA21 process Chemical district voluntary agreement Chamber of commerce Stakeholder involvement Environmental management systems Local Sustainability Report 10 ECI indicators Eco Foot Accountability and ecobudget GPP EMAS guideline Raising awareness Centro idea Città bambina Publications EcoDesk Sport Agenda Museum of Natural History UISP AGEA Networking and best practice ICLEI The ESC&T Campaign ACCESS Cities for Cyclists Big-NET LA21 Italian Association 4

5 GPP INCENTIVES IN ITALIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK Year Issue product 1997 D.Lgs. n.22 (Decreto Ronchi) art. 19: 40% recycled paper paper 2000 Finanziaria art. 59 Organic products 2001 L. 443/01 art. 1, co. 16- legge Lunardi (40% of need by recycling products) Recycling products 2002 Finanziaria art. 52 (20% regenerated tires) Tires 2002 Finanziaria art. 52 co. 56 (sostituisce il co.4) art. 19 Decreto Ronchi) 30% recycled manufactured products 2002 Legge R.E.R., n. 29, art. 9 (organic meals for nurseries, crèches and mother schools 2003 Decreto Ministero Ambiente n. 203 (G.U n. 180) By-Environment Ministry Selected manufactured products Organic meals Recycling products 5

6 GPP INITIATIVES IN THE MUNICPALITY OF FERRARA YEAR ISSUE ITEM 1994 Organic food in school cantines Cantine meals pilot experience 1995 Extension of organic school Cantine meals cantines in all municipal schools 1999 Recycling paper procurement and Recycled paper employees awareness raising 1999 Methane-propelled vehicles vehicles procurement 2000 Extension of organic school Cantine meals cantines in all local schools 2001/2003 Methane and LPG-propelled Vehicles vehicles procurement 2004 Self-service cofee machine Fair-trade cofee 6

7 ITEM Procurement items and their sustainable aspects TOTAL EXPENDITURE IN A YEAR GREEN ASPECT School Meals ,00 90% Organic dishes School transports ,00 School buses bio diesel propelled food ,00 Organic commodities Furniture and equipment for offices and schools ,00 Recycled furniture Copy Machines for rent ,00 Energy Star and Blue Angel Fuels ,00 Partly methane Vehicles ,00 Partly methane-propelled Copy and printer paper ,00 100% ecological 40% recycled Cleaning service for offices and schools ,00 Score for high quality cleaning products NEWS 2004: Stationery ,00 25% recycled products Refills for the printers ,00 10% reclaimed laser refills (it s an experiment) Coffee Active contract Fair-trade coffee 7

8 Organic products YEAR ITEM TYPE OF SCHOOL 1994/ / / / 2006 Bread, pasta, rice, flavor, beans, peeled tomatoes (organic) Apples, carrots, potatoes, salad (low chemicals) Bread, pasta, rice, flavor, beans, peeled or mashed tomatoes, jams (organic); Golden Apples, carrots, potatoes, salad (low chemicals or organic) Bread, pasta, dried legumes, peeled or mashed tomatoes, flour, jams (organic); Golden Apples, carrots, potatoes, salad, bananas (low chemicals or organic) Local fresh fruits and vegetables from ordinary agriculture Bread, pasta, dried legumes, peeled or mashed tomatoes, flavor, jams, pearl barley, chamomile, juice, meat (organic); Golden Apples, carrots, potatoes, salad, bananas (low chemicals or organic) 94/95 two Kinder garden 95/98 all nursery and kinder garden All nursery and kinder garden All nursery and kinder garden All nursery, kinder garden and compulsory schools WNNING SUPPLIER Highest discount Quality/price rate Quality/price rate Quality/price rate 8

9 COMMODITIES and MEALS CALL FOR TENDER YEARS 1998/ /2006 WINNING CRITERIA: BEST QUALITY/PRICE RATE BID ON A MULTICRITERIA BASIS YEARS 1998/2003 YEARS 2003/ p. PRICE 49 p. PRICE 50 p. QUALITY:10 food aspects 10 food quality control 10 best supply procedure 05 personal number and skill 05 canteen staff training 05 supply experience 05 quality certification 51 p. QUALITY: 25 products quality 20 service quality 06 quality certification The quality scores are given according to different criteria set in the specification. 9

10 SCHOOL TRANSPORT SERVICE TARGETS: Security Comfort Environmental risks Protection of the environment STRATEGY: asked a qualified opinion to the Ministry of Transort about the regulation of the school buses production WINNING CRITERIA: Best quality/price rate bid on a multicriteria basis SCORES: 60 for price 40 for quality: 35 for age of the buses 5 for quality certification 10

11 COPY MACHINE (contract hire) Winning criteria: lowest bid Characteristic of the copy machine supplied: - doubled-sided copies in recycled paper - stand by option - replacement of the cartridge and non-whole image unit when toner is exhausted - ENERGY STAR and BLUE ANGEL label - reuse of replaced copy machines 11

12 City of Ferrara GPP MANUAL Table of contents: - General part (concept of sustainable development, Agenda21, GPP) - List of the procurement items in charge of the purchasing department of the municipality of Ferrara - Directives set by the municipality of Ferrara - Regulatory framework - Sustainable environmental criteria to be used when purchasing - List of environmental and social-ethical certifications - Useful advices to implement green purchasing -Annexed(list of green suppliers of the municipality of Ferrara and, from the Ministry of environment web-site all Eco-Label and EMAS) 12

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