Materials and the Supply Chain SESSION 3 – Procurement

Transcript Materials and the Supply Chain SESSION 3 – Procurement

Materials and the Supply Chain

Session 3: Procurement Options and the Environment

Green Recovery And Reconstruction: Training Toolkit For Humanitarian Aid

SESSION 3 - OBJECTIVES

By the end of this session, you will be able to:  Describe strategies for procuring materials in housing reconstruction after disasters that have the most positive value to the community and the least negative impact on the environment.

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What are the benefits of sustainable procurement?

  Long-term efficiency savings Making more efficient use of public resources  Stimulating the market to innovate and produce more sustainable options   Improves working conditions See:

Environmental Procurement Practice Guide

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How can you field verify environmental claims?

 Visit the source of materials (sand for cement, for example) in many cases this may be within several kilometres from the construction site  Talk with local suppliers  Talk with contractors  Talk with government agencies that regulate extractive industries, talk with other NGOs or agencies, etc.

 Enquire about

third party certification

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Environmental Interventions in the Procurement Cycle

Procurement planning * Define subject matter * Green title for contract * Market research Use environ’t contract performance clauses Contract management Requirement definition Env. Specifications * Technical standards & eco-label criteria * Performance requirements * Production/process method Issue contract Sourcing Assessing suppliers tech capacity Contract review & award Procurement strategy Preparation solicitation documents Receipt & open offers Mod 5 Ses 3 From

Environment Procurement Practice Guide,

UNDP Env. evaluation criteria Life-cycle costing approach Evaluation 5

Stacks of confiscated timber logged illegally in the National Tapajos forest. Location: National Tapajos Foreat, Brazil Date: 27 July 2007

SUPPORT LEGAL AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Mod 5 Ses 3 6

Building materials are often shipped using an unnecessary amount of packaging materials Mod 5 Ses 3

Minimize Packaging in Procurement of Materials

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This timber bound for sale in Khartoum comes from 500 km south, near Renk in Upper Nile state Mod 5 Ses 3

PURCHASE MATERIALS LOCALLY WHEN POSSIBLE

UNEP photo, June 2007 8

Energy for building materials manufacture and transport is 24% of total UK industry energy consumption (1996) (BRE, 2008)

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Warning…. Closer isn’t always better!

Traditional buildings such as this barn under construction near Mabior in Jonglei state require a large number of young trees. Although transport is minimized, is the local environment being adversely affected?

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Certification and Standards

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What do they mean?

LEED CERTIFICATION:

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a third party certification program that is becoming an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance “green” buildings. 12

Some building products, (for example paints, finishes, adhesives, etc.) can have their green claims certified by third parties such as the internationally respected NSF. They can, for example, certify claims regarding : • Compostability • Recyclability • Constituent Analysis • Contaminant Analysis Mod 5 Ses 3 13

Mod 5 Ses 3 The ISO is the “Grandfather” of certification agencies and institutes. Their standards underlie the certifications of many other protocols. They cover the ISO 9000 quality certifications as well as 1400 series certifications relating to green practices.

OXFAM photo Mod 5 Ses 3 FSC is an independent, non governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. 15

Portable sawmill in a teak plantation in Kagelu, Central Equatoria, Southern Sudan - Sustainable?

UNEP photo – Bahr el Jabal (Central Equatoria state This plantation is a valuable asset and potential source of hard currency for Southern Sudan. The challenge will be to develop the industry in an environmentally sustainable manner Mod 5 Ses 3 16

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes

PEFC

is an independent, NGO that promotes sustainably managed forests through independent third party certification. This offers customers and consumers the option to choose products from environmentally and socially responsible and economically viable forestry Mod 5 Ses 3 17

Two Ways to Show Certification

http://www.ecotrust.ca/enterprises/fsc-coc Mod 5 Ses 3 http://www.sudburyforest.com/Images/FSCCertificate.jpg

Procurement Exercise

  Divide into pairs. (Pick a partner) Each pair selects one material from the list on Handout 5.3.1 to use for this exercise  For your building material:  Describe at least 3 ways it could be procured at your location (or a location you describe)  Rank the different options in terms of environmental impact.

 Rank the different options in terms of greatest benefit to the community.

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BUILDING MATERIALS SHOPPING LIST

        BAMBOO POLES PALM LEAF ROOF THATCH SHINGLES FIRED BRICKS MUD/CEMENT BRICKS SAWN LUMBER FOR RAFTERS CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS HARDWARE – NAILS, SCREWS, HINGES, ETC.

OTHER APPROPRIATE LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS?

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Exercise Debriefing

How can procurement result in the least harm to the environment and the most good to the community:   Explain your materials, your assumptions and the procurement method with least harm to the environment.

Explain why your priority selection will benefit the community.

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Review of Procurement Issues:

     Raw materials can be produced in an environmentally acceptable or unacceptable ways.

Origins of raw materials such as sands, clay, timber, grasses may be highly sensitive areas. Materials may be illegally logged or mined. Requiring third party certification can ensure a more ecologically friendly use of materials.

Distance sources will require a higher expenditure of energy than nearby sources Mod 5 Ses 3 22

Any questions about this session?

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InterWorks photo Mod 5 Ses 3