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A straight path to the circular economy
Redefining value: Using public procurement to advance circular economies in communities
Published in
April 2022
- Page 12
Sponsored by Circular Innovation Council
Public procurement and public policy interests of governments should be linked. Procurement functions as the safeguard of trust between taxpayer interest and government spending. It manages the public purse with a determined focus on high value and low risk. Unfortunately, in this context, value is usually defined by the lowest purchase price. This traditional transactional approach stifles innovation and is stuck in reverse.
Canadian governments collectively spend upward of $200
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