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What is procure4circular?
Welcome to Procure4Circular Outcomes Network! We are excited to introduce a ground-breaking initiative that harnesses the collective potential of public procurement to advance the transition to a circular economy in Canada.
Canada’s economy can be strengthened by strategically using outcomes-based public procurement to leverage innovation. Circular innovation multi-solves; driving local job creation and life-cycle cost savings, delivering emissions and waste reduction, while strengthening local resilience.
With the circular economy presenting a multi-billion dollar economic opportunity and an estimated 42,000 jobs by 2030 for Canada, we believe that public procurement is a key leverage point to unlocking this prosperity.
Despite the immense potential, the power of public procurement to multi-solve remains largely untapped. Many public sector professionals recognize the opportunity to strategically use their buying power to achieve economic, social, and environmental gains, but they often lack the necessary tools, resources, and collaboration platforms for effective implementation.
Did you know public procurement represents 12-15% of Canada’s GDP?
Objectives
Procure4Circular Outcomes Network is a national learning & action network of buying organizations, grouped by product category, committed to learning, trialing and ultimately simplifying circular procurement to advance solutions that multi-solve.
The objectives include:
- Coordinate interests and identify common purchasing needs in a product category
- Identify current and prospective circular strategies and outcomes in the category
- Engage with and learn from industry and research institutions
- Develop circular outcomes, criteria and evaluation metrics for selected project(s)
- Launch actions – pilot joint market engagement to de-risk and/or improve criteria and metrics (in alignment with open, fair and transparent procurement processes)
- Publish case studies and other resources to accelerate circular procurement
why participate?
Participating in the Procure4Circular Outcomes network will enable you to work collectively with a leading group of innovative and forward thinkers dedicated to leveraging procurement to advance circular outcomes. Benefits include:
- Capacity Building: Engage with and learn from circular procurement case studies, industry leaders, innovators and research leaders
- Collective Learning: By identifying common buying needs, buying organizations learn together by tackling an upcoming procurement opportunity of one or more members
- Save Time: Reduce your time and effort needed to develop and test circular criteria and evaluation metrics as well as engage vendors to identify where the market is at – the decision to incorporate refined circular outcomes and criteria is up to each participating organization
- Acknowledge Fiscal Realities: Identify circular outcomes that aim to deliver cost savings/cost neutrality over the life-cycle, while also delivering on your environmental and social goals
Procure4Circular category networks (2025)
Construction and Renovation
Funded in part by:
coming soon
Fleet and Transportation
Information Technology
Furniture and Office Supplies
Facility Management
Textiles
Food and Catering
Target partners
Procure4Circular will consist of diverse stakeholders from MUSH sector and all levels of government and will represent:
- Purchasing & procurement practitioners
- Stakeholders working with procurement.
- Department leads and managers.
- Those working in sustainability positions.
- Other professionals, including finance and legal.
How to get involved?
Join us in this transformative journey towards a circular economy. Together, we can make a lasting impact on our environment, economy, and communities.
Participation is limited to join at this time, please register early to secure your position.