Governments, institutions, private organizations and construction companies are looking for ways to reduce the carbon pollution embedded in the products they purchase. Many are choosing to leverage their buying power to reduce impacts to climate through low carbon...
Public procurement accounts for an average of 12-30% percent of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), resulting in a significant opportunity for leveraging public purchasing power to reduce emissions. Curbing Carbon from Consumption: The Role of Green Public...
The Climate Friendly Purchasing Toolkit is a series of documents developed by members of the West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum to aid public procurement leaders at all levels of government interested in reducing their purchasing carbon footprint. The...
The world currently emits 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere every year. To avert the most calamitous impacts of climate change, we need to get that number to zero by 2050. Achieving net-zero emissions in the next thirty years may be the...
Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies for Optimizing Projects, Systems, and Procurement Businesses that take a leading role in committing to truly net-zero goals that include embodied carbon will avoid regulatory and reputational risks and lead the world in setting...
This report uses CDP data to better understand how large purchasing organizations and their suppliers are working to address impacts on and risks from climate change, deforestation, and water security. The data is based on the results from a standardized...