Circular Public Procurement in Cities

This C3 guide on circular public procurement aims to provide cities with the insights and tools they need to use procurement as a means to accelerate the circular economy transition. It offers practical guidance, tools and case studies tailored to cities at varying stages of circular procurement maturity.

By following this guide, cities can transform procurement from a compliance-driven process into a strategic instrument for circular local economic development. The guide focuses on how existing public procurement mechanisms and approaches can be adapted and leveraged to achieve circular outcomes.

This guide was developed by Circle Economy and ICLEI and is published by the Circular City Centre – C3, a competence and resource centre within the European Investment Bank (EIB) that supports EU cities in their circular economy transition. C3 has been established in cooperation with the European Commission, in the context of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative, under co-funding from the European Union.