Session 6: Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure and Green Outcomes through Strategic Procurement

Oct 12, 2022 | 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Room CC9 - Plenary room

Description

Strategic procurement – and particularly Green Public Procurement (GPP) – is increasingly recognised as a systemic tool to support the green transition given its share of economic activity (12% of GDP on average). GPP plays a key role in the delivery of sustainable infrastructure by enabling the purchase of greener goods and services – for example in the construction industry – and by supporting more strategic approaches to tendering and concessions that take long-term sustainability objectives into account. GPP is also a major driver for innovation, providing industry with incentives for developing environmentally-friendly works, products and services, particularly in sectors where public purchasers represent a large share of the market, such as construction, health services or public transport. This session will hear from speakers from leading countries and institutions on how they are moving to the public purchasing of products and services which are less environmentally damaging, taking into account their entire life cycle, and how new approaches in green and strategic procurement are supporting the delivery of sustainable infrastructure and greener outcomes, while continuing to ensure value for money and probity of procurement processes.