EPD International Stakeholder Conference Environmental Product Declaration in Green Public Procurement: the Italian scenario

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1 EPD International Stakeholder Conference 2016 Environmental Product Declaration in Green Public Procurement: the Italian scenario Maurizio Fieschi Studio Fieschi & soci Milan, 29th November 2016

2 Green Public Procurement in Italy Product Categories GPP Criteria in force in Italy Use of EPD in GPP criteria UNI

3 Green Public Procurement in Italy COM (2008) 400) Public procurement for a better environment Green Public Procurement (GPP) is defined as a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle when compared to goods, services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be procured. Piano d'azione per la sostenibilità dei consumi nel settore della Pubblica Amministrazione (PAN GPP) Italian GPP Action Plan This document includes a drop-down list of documents that contain the GPP Criteria for different sectors or services. They are issued by ministerial decree and published in the Official Journal. The insertion of GPP Criteria in tender documents is now mandatory following the enactment of the new procurement code, Legislative Decree n. 50 of 18 April 2016, where Art.34 provides for the application of GPP Criteria (CAM) in public tenders.

4 Product Categories Total IES EPDs 228 Italy 118 Food & agricultural products 46 Construction & infrastructure 22 Wood & paper products Food & agricultural products Construction products Wood & paper products (non-construction) Fuels & chemical products (non-construction) Furniture & other goods Services Textile & leather products Transport vehicles & equipment Machinery & equipment Glass and plastic products (non-construction) Metal products (non-construction) Constructions & infrastructure Electricity Important categories for GPP

5 GPP Criteria in force in Italy Electronic Office Equipment Office Furniture Street Furniture Social Aspects In Public Procurement Incontinence Aids Paper Toner Building Public Lighting Cleaning And Hygiene Products Municipal Waste Catering And Foodstuffs Sanitation For Hospitals Exterior Doors Energy Services For Buildings Textiles Vehicles Public Green EPDs conform to ISO are recognized as verification for these GPP Criteria

6 Office Furniture Exclusion of substances Incontinence Aids Exclusion of substances

7 Toner Performance Building Exclusion of substances Catering And Foodstuffs Carbon Footprint

8 24th September 2015 Meeting between the Italian Environmental Ministry and Stakeholders on «Use of EPD in GPP criteria» The discussion on EPD in GPP Criteria in Italy is intense Main discussion points Quality of secondary data Lack of information on uncertainty Main actions Initiate activities to improve the tool (e.g. prepare UNI Standard on uncertainty analysis) Deepen the scope and criteria of use of EDPs in Green Public Procurement Create a national LCA database to ensure quality and accessible secondary data Being finalized Not yet started

9 UNI Environmental Management of Products. Estimation, reporting and use of the uncertainty of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) results. Requirements and guidelines Goal and scope The standard will provide requirements and guidelines for the estimation, reporting and use of the uncertainty of Life Cycle Assessment results. This standard considers uncertainty originating from inventory data used in the LCA study. This standard does not, however, cover the element of variability arising from other causes such as the stochastic uncertainty relating to the LCIA method or resulting from individual choices and lack of knowledge. December 2015 November 2016 Starting date 1st Draft Internal consultation with working group 2nd Draft Open consultation

10 Primary data Flowchart showing the calculation of uncertainty Secondary data Four paths for the uncertainty analysis Estimation of combined standard uncertainty Estimation of uncertainty through Monte Carlo Communication of uncertainty by impact category

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