Prioritizing Procurement: Driving Demand for Circular Electronics

How can organizations apply circularity principles and criteria to purchasing decisions? How can this demand pressure for circular goods and services accelerate the transition to a circular system for electronics?

Demand for circular products and services is a powerful tool that organizations can use to shape the transition towards a circular economy. The integration of sustainable and circular procurement policies into organizations' purchasing processes can drive the transition towards an electronics system that produces less waste and enables reuse.

The Global Electronics Council (GEC) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) are developing complementary guidance to promote circular procurement of electronics. Coordinated by the Circular Electronics Partnership (CEP), these practical guides will explore how to evaluate the circular attributes of products and pursue an organizational purchasing strategy that stimulates the innovation and supply of circular electronics. GEC will also speak to how the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool ecolabel addresses circularity. Stanford University and the State of California, as purchasers, share their experiences and journey towards more sustainable/circular procurement. Learn how to leverage the power of procurement to accelerate the transition to a more resourceful system.