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Value Match are actively encouraging procurement professionals, stakeholders and the wider community to sign the Procurement Bill 2022 Petition to legally enshrine environmental considerations in future public sector procurement activity.
The Procurement Bill 2022 is currently going through the House of Lords before it continues through the House of Common, there is still time to amend the bill.
Transforming Government Procurement currently sets out that environmental and climate change will be managed through policy, guidance and best practice. However this will not have the impact of addressing climate change with the urgency, focus and pace that is required to meet current Net Zero targets. It is not sufficient to leave such an existential threat to our country, citizens, future generations or the planet to shifting policy priorities overtime from government to government.
From a contracting authority and a supplier perspective, embedding a legal obligation on all parties to enshrine environmental considerations into requirements for the purchasing of goods, works and services as well as assessing suppliers suitability to contract with the public sector is a minimum requirement. It will encourage buyers and suppliers to invest with confidence for the medium and long term, build capability and develop expertise and skills to make a positive difference.
By implementing this legal obligation into the Procurement Bill this will fundamentally shift behaviour and obligations for all parities involved in public sector procurement and relevant supply chains.
This approach will ensure that public funds are spent in a manner that contributes positively to climate change and impact and at a minimum stop further negative effects of climate change.
Sign the petition here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/621955
Keep up-to-date with all the activity across the web here: https://www.value-match.co.uk/public-procurement-bill-2022-petition/