Transcript Green Procurement in Sri Lanka

Eng V R Sena Peiris
Director,
National Cleaner Production Centre, Sri Lanka
Area: 65,000 sqkm
Population: 20 million
National GDP; US$ 59 Billion
GDP Growth : 6.4%
Per capita GDP US$ 2923
Main Economic sectors
Tea
Rubber
Coconut
Agriculture
Apparel
Tourism
Industry
Greening Sri
Lanka
National
Action Plan
The
overarching
Environmenta
l Policy for the
country
10 MISSIONS
Greening the Supply chain
Policy Instruments
 In 2010 under a Switch Asia Project funded by EU in
Sri Lanka for Food and Beverage Sector, 9 policy
instruments were recommended by a panel of Experts
to the Ministry of Environment
 Green Reporting
 Green Public Procurement
 Extended Producer Responsibility
Current Situation
 Several discussions held with National Planning
department under Ministry of Finance
 Agreed on preparation of procurement Guidelines for
selected procurement categories
 Initially only 20% of the purchases of Government
departments will be under Green Procurement
Current situation
 07 Categories selected
 Supplies
 Maintenance of Furniture and equipment
 Acquisition of Furniture and Equipment (Plant &
Machinery, Furniture and Office Equipment)
 Acquisition and maintenance of Buildings
 Acquisition and maintenance of Plant and machinery
 Acquisition and Maintenance of vehicles
 Services
Current situation
 Top Decision makers are sensitized
 Procurement Officers are trained
 All organizational consumers (Employees) were
provided awareness
 Added costs/benefits are being evaluated
 Manufacturers/Suppliers are made aware on future
requirements on Greening their supplies/services
Criteria for Selection of Suppliers?
 Self Declaration by Suppliers
 Member of Sustainable Reporting system
 ISO 14001 /ISO 50001 certified
 Carbon Emissions certified/ Carbon Neutral
 Eco Labels/ Energy labels
Eco labeling in Sri Lanka
 Three initiatives since 2008.
 So far no final Eco Labeling program
 Energy labeling for selected products is in progress
(CFLs, Fans, Refrigerators,……)
Desired
Benefits
 Greening of small scale local manufacturers
 Greening of suppliers/importers
 Reduction of solid wastes ending in landfills
 Enhance local recycling industry
 Reduce hazardous substances in industry
 Reducing hazardous emissions to environment
Challenges and Barriers
 Government subsidies to some environmentally
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unfriendly products
Lack of financial benefits (differential taxing) for
environmentally friendly products
Cost differentials
Resistance from procurement personnel due to
underhand benefits from traditional suppliers
Justification of higher costs during financial audits
Resistance to change
Greening value Chain
 A new trend is established by a few key enterprises in
Sri Lanka for extending the greening across the entire
value chain.
Tourism Industry
Apparel Industry
 Examples:
Suppliers
Customers
World’s first Carbon Neutral Bra
Kandalama Hotel, Sri Lanka
Green value Chain Initiatives
 Offering Planting of a tree/s to offset the carbon
footprint of the Guest
 Trees cared by a villager and Guest pays an annual
donation
 Hotel take the responsibility for management of the
tree
 Hotel buys fruits/vegetables from nearby farmers
 Ensure organically grown/carbon footprint is low
 Offers an organic food corner to guests
Organic Tea
Offer Premium Quality healthy product to customers
Pressurizes growers to use organic fertilizer and natural pest control techniques
Water Footprint is controlled
Carbon footprint reduced
Thank you
Contact Details
Eng V R Sena Peiris
National Cleaner Production Centre
251/30,Kirula Road
Narahenpita
Colombo 05
Tel : 0094 11 2369601/2
Fax : 0094 11 2369603
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ncpcsrilanka.org