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Gerència d’Ecologia Urbana

Sustainable events:

experiences from

Barcelona City Council

GPP Helpdesk - Webinar Sustainable Events 28th June 2018

Index

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Barcelona + Sustainable City Council Programme

Barcelona’s Sustainable Public Procurement Policy

Technical Instructions for application of sustainability criteria

Examples


BCN + Sustainable City Council Programme

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http://www.ajsosteniblebcn.cat/en

BCN +

Sustainable City

Council

Programme

Leading by

example

Coherence

Reduce

environmental

and social

impact

Promote green

and circular

economy


BCN + Sustainable City Council Programme

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Programme for the introduction of sustainability criteria in municipal activities and services, through:

capacity building to staff

tecnical advice

awareness raising campaings

comunication and information

material resources



Barcelona’s Sustainable Public Procurement Policy

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http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/contractaciopublica/en/

Mayoral Decree S1/D/2017-1271, of 24 April 2017, on Sustainable Public

Procurement, compulsory for all contracts of Barcelona City Council and its public

entities.

to award contracts to companies that guarantee the highest technical quality and

meet the highest standards of social, environmental and innovation responsibility.

• Publication of the social and

environmental procurement

guidelines as part of the Decree.

• Public Procurement Plan 2018:

First plan setting annual

objectives for social,

environmental and innovation

procurement published as

Mayoral Decree

http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/contractaciopublica/en/

Technical Instructions for application of sustainability criteria in contracts (2015)

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Sustainability criteria for events

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http://www.ajsosteniblebcn.cat/en/internal-regulations-and-legal-framework_1426










Example: Event greening plan and sustainability report

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http://www.wp2018bcn.com/en/sustainability-project




Example: Calculation and / or compensation of CO2 emissions

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http://series.ecoprocura.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/EcoProcura2006/Presentations/E1_Barrac__Nogu_s__small.pdf

The organisation team of

Ecoprocura 2006 committed to

•Offsetting CO2 emissions

generated by the conference venue

(electricity, air-conditioning, etc.)

and through transport to technical

visits.

•Calculating CO2 emissions

generated by participant travel, and

encouraging the participants to

offset these emissions through the

above-mentioned project

http://series.ecoprocura.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/EcoProcura2006/Presentations/E1_Barrac__Nogu_s__small.pdf

Example: Calculation and / or compensation of CO2 emissions

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http://lameva.barcelona.cat/barcelonasostenible/ca/barcelona-sostenible/tags/page/convencio-de-barcelona-sostenible-2018

Convention “Barcelona +

Sustainable”

•Offsetting of 1,39 tons of CO2

emissions generated by the

conference venue, catering

and participant and

organisations travel through

the Clean CO2 project in

Brazil.












Example: Communication and merchandising

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The delegate bag of the

Ecoprocura 2006 is made from

used municipal street banners

which have been reused.

Produced in social reintegration

projects: the Model prison of

Barcelona, and in a Special Labour

Centre for disabled people.












Example: Cleaning and waste collection

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http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/ecologiaurbana/en/zero-waste

Zero Waste Strategy Barcelona:

Concept for selective waste

collection during events in public

space

The Waste Department offers coloured

waste bins and waste collection bags

for events:

•Yellow – plastics

•Blue – paper and cardboard

•Green – glass

•Brown – organics

•Grey – rest

The waste is recollected in one vehicle

and separated afterwards.




Example: Ban of single use plastics

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Implementation of reusable plastic

cups with diposit and return system

BSM, municipal enterprise, introduced

the system in 2015 in big events

Also in main city festival, “La Mercè”

since 2017

2017 introduced in the festivals of Gràcia

and Sants Districts, by the organisors:

prevention of 180,000 single use plastic

cups

From 2018 on introduced in

authorizations for beach kiosks

Internal decree on ban of single use

plastics in municipal buildings in

development

Example: Ban of single use plastics

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw7iafJ86dY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw7iafJ86dY

Example: Loan service for reusable tableware

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Loan service for reusable

tableware

Service for popular

celebrations with up to 500

participants

For associations and

entities from Barcelona

Service free of charge

Example: Criteria for catering

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txNAx3Kf1Ww


Example: Awareness raising Street Art with waste collected after Sant Joan revetlla party

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9xZmLS2cJw

• Celebration of Sant Joan night

with 60,000 people on the beach

• 20 tons of waste recollected the

morning after

• 2018 first year with separate

recollection of plastics and cans

• Creation of a sculpture made

from recollected waste

• Creative workshops and

activities for citizens

• Celebration of the International

Plastic Bag Free Day 1st July

2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9xZmLS2cJw

Example: Awareness raising: Street Art with waste collected after Sant Joan revetlla party

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=txNAx3Kf1Ww


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