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The EU LIFE REBus (Resource Efficient Business Models) project 1 aims to reduceproduct consumption by demonstrating the commercial case for European businesses to change their business models. As a REBus partner, the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat has aligned these business models with public procurement budgets, asset management and legislation across a variety of procurement categories including textiles, furniture, ICT and electrical equipment, and construction. (october 2017)

The EU LIFE REBus (Resource Efficient Business Models) project aims to reducethe use of raw materials or extend the lifetime of products by demonstrating the commercial case for European businesses to change their business models. As a REBus partner, the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat has aligned these business models with public procurement budgets, asset management and legislation across a variety of procurement categories including textiles, furniture, electricals and construction.

The EU LIFE REBus (Resource Efficient Business Models) project aims to reducethe use of raw materials or extend the lifetime of products by demonstrating the commercial case for European businesses to change their business models. As a REBus partner, the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat has aligned these business models with public procurement budgets, asset management and legislation across a variety of procurement categories including textiles, furniture, electricals and construction.

The EU LIFE REBus (Resource Efficient Business Models) project aims to reducethe use of raw materials or extend the lifetime of products by demonstrating the commercial case for European businesses to change their business models. As a REBus partner, the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat has aligned these business models with public procurement budgets, asset management and legislation across a variety of procurement categories including textiles, furniture, electricals and construction.

PIANOo, the Dutch Public Procurement Expertise Centre, was set up to professionalise procurement and tendering in all government departments, with a view to improving efficiency and compliance with the rules. Professional procurement can contribute to successful policy and offers value for taxpayers' money.

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UNEP has released a 10YFP on SPP report entitled "Measuring and Communicating the Benefits of Sustainable Public Procurement". The report seeks to provide governmental organisations engaged in SPP with a step-by-step guide to planning, measuring and communicating on the benefits they are creating through the implementation of their sustainable procurement programmes and activities. (January 2016)

This report provides a framework for circular procurement and discusses its possibilities to promote the circular economy. Several best practice examples in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway illustrate how and in which sectors and product groups circular procurement could be applicable. (May 2017)

This technical report examines the nexus between product-service systems and sustainable public procurement, drawing together international experience. The aim of this report is, in particular, to demonstrate how product-service systems can be used by governments in the context of sustainable public procurement (SPP) policies and initiatives, thus contributing to a more resource-efficient, lowcarbon and inclusive green economy. (May 2015)

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