GPP and Type I Ecolabeling in China

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1 GPP and Type I Ecolabeling in China Policy Framework Evolution China Environmental Label GPP Policies and implementation activities Monitoring system and results Challenges & Success factors

2 Evolution of the Policy Framework

3 Policy Framework over the years 199 Ministry of Environmental Protection (formerly referred to as State Environmental Protection Administration) launched China Environmental Labelling Program.

4 Policy Framework over the years China Certification Committee for Environmental Labelling Products (CCCEL) (Environmental labelling product certification) 环境标志计划

5 Policy Framework over the years Government Procurement Law Covers the procurement by the national government and regional and local authorities (excludes Public Companies and standalone infrastructure projects) Stipulates that public authorities should give priority to products that are environmental friendly and use resources efficiently Works, goods and services listed in certain catalogues or above certain threshold

6 Policy Framework over the years Promotion of Clean Production Law Requires governments to prioritise the procurement of energy and water saving and recycled products

7 Policy Framework over the years Ministerial Regulation for Implementation of Government Procurement for Environmental Labelled Products (ELP) Requires governments to give higher preference in procurement to products in the ELP List Voluntary

8 Policy Framework over the years Promotion of Circular Economy Law Establishes preferential procurement of energy- / water- / material-saving, environmentally friendly and renewable products

9 Basis of laws Green public procurement has been included in The Twelfth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of PRC. - Green public procurement is an important practice of institutional transformation and an important approach to build environmental friendly society. - The integration of environment and development is one of specific methods to support micro economy. It is also an important approach to promote energy saving & emission reduction for sustainable development. 9

10 Policy Framework over the years Different types of policies promoting GPP within the public sector (in procurement law, national environmental laws and ministerial and state regulations) Involvement of different Ministries and National Government institutions (LGPC, NDRC, MOF and MEP) Linked to national ecolabelling programmes

11 What positive aspects you take with you?

12 China Environmental Labelling Main characteristics Green Label institutional framework Product categories and certified products

13 China Environmental Labelling Voluntary China Certifies products Type of information: Leadership All life-cycle stages in consideration Multi-Impact addressed Multiple sectors covered Third-party verification index.htm

14 Brief Introduction to the Label Sun mountains Clean water Rings The center of the labelling, Sun, mountains and water, represents the environment for human survival. Ten connected rings which surround the center signify that public should participate protecting environment. The overall implication is that people come together to protect the environment for human survival. China Environmental Label is a proof sign. it means that comparing to other products fulfilling the same function, any product or service awarded this logo results in a lesser environmental impact during its lifecycle.

15 Environmental Label Institutional Framework Interested Parties Give proposals MEP Authorises EDC to develop criteria Environmental Develop. Center Final criteria approval and publication Criteria development Interested Parties Participate in the working groups Working groups Source: Government public procurement and environmental labeling in China. Environmental certification center [slides], 201.

16 Environmental Label Product Categories Total of 98 categories (in 2015) : Household appliances: refrigerators, air conditioners, water heaters, microwaves, etc. Office equipments: printers, copiers, faxes, computers, monitors, etc. Office stationary: paper, stationary, cartidges, etc. Building material: wood-based panels, cement products, building ceramics, lightweight construction materials, etc. Others: paints, furniture, sanitary wares, solar systems, etc.

17 Environmental Label Certified Product Evolution

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19 The Implementation of Green Public Procurement Policy objectives and commitments Information resources Recognition of good practices

20 GPP Policy Framework Regulation for Implementation of Government Procurement for Environmental Labelled Products Elaborate and regularly maintain a Procurement List of Environmental Labelled Products (ELP List)

21 GPP-ELP Institutional framework EDC CEC Environmental Certification MOF MEP Environmental Labelling List LGPC

22 GPP Information Resources To support GPP implementation the government provides: ELP Lists The lists organise certified products by product categories and, for each of them provide information on their producers and certificates MOF and MEP do policy announcements for each revision of the lists Product lists are published on designated websites and sent to local government agencies and procurement centres +

23 Environment Label Product Procurement List Principles for determining government procurement environmental labelling product categories Products Products Product categories of China Environmental Labelling Government Procurement of Environmental Labelling Products List Government procurement item category Services Services Construction The government centralized procurement is updated every year, considering whether new product categories are in the government procurement items.

24 Environment Label Product Procurement List Since 2006, updated twice a year products in 45 categories (16 th version) Cement Lighting source Servers ecotextile scanister

25 Environment Label Product Procurement List

26 Environment Label Product Procurement List The ELP List is created by considering the following (based on the State Council Regulation of 2006): Products in the ELP Lists should be certified by the Environmental Labelling product certification organization. The products must have enough production lot, mature technology, reliable quality There are perfect supply systems and good aftersale service of the products

27 GPP Information Resources To support GPP the government provides: GPP training MOF regularly conducts training of local government purchasing agencies. At least once in a year, but may be more according to the specific situation. Local provincial procurement centers also organize training workshops as necessary. +

28 Other Support Measures Chinese Green Purchasing Network : Created by the Environmental Development Center (of MEP) for for promotion of GPP and sustainable consumption. All enterprises that have achieved China Environmental Labelling certification are members of the the Chinese Green Purchasing Network. Green Printing Programme : collaboration agreement between MEP and the General Administration of Press and Publication to produce ecolabeled textbooks for primary and secondary schools Subsidies for green vehicles (in 2009) International cooperation projects : such as EU SWITCH- Asia Programme ; SPPEL project ; etc.

29 What elements do you like of the Chinese strategy and should be considered in your country?

30 Monitoring system and results Monitoring system Level of GPP implementation Market transformation Benefits of GPP

31 GPP Monitoring System Not yet standardised for all government agencies In process to establish a system that will foster implementation General Plan for Construction for National Government Procurement Management and Trading Platform (MOF, 201). In August 2015, General Office of the State Council issued the Work Plan on Integration and Establishment of a Unified Public Resource Trading Platform, proposing to form a public resource trading platform with unified rules in the whole country by the end of June 2017.

32 Results: GPP Implementation According to statistics of the year 2014, the scale of government procurement environmental protection reached billion yuan, accounting for 75. % of government procurement of the same product category. 75.% 24.7%

33 Results: Market transformation

34 Results: Market transformation

35 Benefits of China ELP Promoting ecocivilization construction and leading toward sustainable consumption of the whole society Benefits Total government procurement of environmental protection products reached billion yuan, accounting for 75.% of the government procurement of the same products. Reduction of VOCs emission reached 205,000 t, 25 times of the planned emission reduction of Beijing Municipality in the same year; Reduction of CO₂ emission reached 859t, equivalent to an increase of 4.69 m³ forest volume; Reduction of total phosphorus emission reached 122 t, about 1/10 of the annual total phosphorus emission of the Taihu Lake watershed; Reduction of Hg emission reached t, equivalent to the Hg content of 280 million No.5 batteries.

36 Benefits of China ELP Calculated the basis of national government procurement of 10,000 printers and 10,000 laptops per year, the major electronic products of government green procurement can save electricity by 1.58 million KWh, reduce dust by 40 t, CO₂ by 1575 t, SO₂ by 47 t, and NOx by 2.7 t.

37 Having estimations on the environmental benefits would help in your promotion of GPP?

38 Challenges & Success Factors

39 Success Factors Based on ecolabeled products (linking GPPecolabels) and provided in a list, update regularly Updated regularly Policy advantage With laws and regulations, Issued by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environmental Protection All departments using financial fund should carry out, otherwise are refused to provide fund. Executive force Operate easily The list is conveniently operated by purchaser and supervised by society. 环境保护部环境认证中心

40 Challenges Limited scope of GPP, both in terms of categories and organisations covered: The categories of designated products is still small. An important public sector (State-owned companies and similar) are not included in the current GPP framework.

41 Challenges The policy for GPP should be improved: The policy framework of green procurement is not complete. There is no specific green procurement law in China but the related requirements were include in the government procurement law. Complicated hierarchical structure of government procurement creates confusion about GPP Lack of consciousness on GPP

42 Way Forward GPP has to be promoted more intensively in all public authorities (local, regional and national) More resources need to be provided to support public authorities in conducting their GPP

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44 Take away & follow-up actions

45 Ms. Ding Ling Director, Green Procurement Promotion Office China Environmental United Certification Center, China High-Level Training Workshop on the Implementation of Green Public Procurement and Eco-labelling in Asia-Pacific Countries, 16th December 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Presentation prepared by CEC using as basis UNEP s SPP Training Toolkit slides prepared by Aure Adell.