A UK Government & Parliament Petition has been created to amend the Procurement Bill 2022 to enshrine environmental considerations as a legally binding part of all future public sector procurement activity.
This petition is relevant for all taxpayers as £300 billion a year is spent through procurement within the public sector. The Public Sector sets contractual requirements across millions of suppliers within the public sector supply chains and hence has a trickle-down impact across nearly every procurement function.
Every product or service consumed by public and private sector organisations or by the general public even as consumers has ultimately been acquired and made available via professional procurement teams.
Procurement is at the heart of sustainability and the battle against climate change, as a profession we can ensure everything we buy has a net positive impact on the environment if we have a legal obligation to do so.
Please click the link and sign the petition
I mean all Contracting Authorities have to via various different PPN’s.
We have PPN 06/21 carbon reduction plans and net zero by 2050 for Central government on large contracts
We have PPN 06/20 on mandatory Social Value criteria which sets out one of the 5 priorities being climate change.
We have the National Procurement Policy Statement in 05/21 which also addresses climate change and waste reduction for **all** Contracting Aurhorities alongside also being part of the proposed legislation. Including the ability for Parliment to reject any proposed NPPS under the current proposed legislation. To note Wales and NI have this aspect devolved. What about Scotland you ask? CO has spent years talking with Holyrood to try and get them onboard with being aligned even if it meant ignoring Wales and NI.
What this is asking for already exists as much as possible as let’s be real here any government with a majority could try and amend the legislation to take this out. Same as the NPPS approach that’s being taken.
Edit to add: Also rather curious to see that someone with the same name as the one that made the petition also is a director of multiple “sustainability” companies with a focus on sustainability in procurement. I.E. Charge the government extortionate amounts for “advice” that totally wont have you need to go back to them again.
Who knows I’m sure it’s a coincidence and totally not someone trying to enrich themselves off of the tax payers dime by pretending to care. Have they tried just giving the tories a new flat makeover instead.
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A UK Government & Parliament Petition has been created to amend the Procurement Bill 2022 to enshrine environmental considerations as a legally binding part of all future public sector procurement activity.
This petition is relevant for all taxpayers as £300 billion a year is spent through procurement within the public sector. The Public Sector sets contractual requirements across millions of suppliers within the public sector supply chains and hence has a trickle-down impact across nearly every procurement function.
Every product or service consumed by public and private sector organisations or by the general public even as consumers has ultimately been acquired and made available via professional procurement teams.
Procurement is at the heart of sustainability and the battle against climate change, as a profession we can ensure everything we buy has a net positive impact on the environment if we have a legal obligation to do so.
Please click the link and sign the petition
I mean all Contracting Authorities have to via various different PPN’s.
We have PPN 06/21 carbon reduction plans and net zero by 2050 for Central government on large contracts
We have PPN 06/20 on mandatory Social Value criteria which sets out one of the 5 priorities being climate change.
We have the National Procurement Policy Statement in 05/21 which also addresses climate change and waste reduction for **all** Contracting Aurhorities alongside also being part of the proposed legislation. Including the ability for Parliment to reject any proposed NPPS under the current proposed legislation. To note Wales and NI have this aspect devolved. What about Scotland you ask? CO has spent years talking with Holyrood to try and get them onboard with being aligned even if it meant ignoring Wales and NI.
What this is asking for already exists as much as possible as let’s be real here any government with a majority could try and amend the legislation to take this out. Same as the NPPS approach that’s being taken.
Edit to add: Also rather curious to see that someone with the same name as the one that made the petition also is a director of multiple “sustainability” companies with a focus on sustainability in procurement. I.E. Charge the government extortionate amounts for “advice” that totally wont have you need to go back to them again.
Who knows I’m sure it’s a coincidence and totally not someone trying to enrich themselves off of the tax payers dime by pretending to care. Have they tried just giving the tories a new flat makeover instead.