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City of London Advances Net Zero Targets with Low Carbon Procurement Guide

Discover how Action Sustainability’s Low Carbon Procurement Guidance Document helped he City of London Corporation achieve their targets for net zero carbon.

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The Task

We supported City of London with the development of a Low Carbon Procurement Guidance document.

The purpose of the guidance is to enable the inclusion of low carbon, waste management, circular economy and related environmental considerations in the procurement and commissioning cycle to stimulate lower carbon outcomes from their purchasing power and actions towards City’s targets for net zero carbon.


The Action

During late 2022 and early 2023, we helped to develop a low carbon procurement guidance document for City of London.

Working collaboratively, Action Sustainability and City of London Corporation aimed to:

  • Link to, and offer an extension of City’s Responsible Procurement Policy, supporting it’s vision of; air quality, climate action, waste and single-use plastics reduction and supporting biodiversity, overview of sustainable procurement topics and how they align with the buying team and the UN SDGs.
  • Produce a document containing specific guidance for procurement officer in the stages of procurement: pre-procurement, supplier evaluation and selection, mobilisation, and contract awarding.
  • Provide takeaways and procurement calls-to action with a procurement checklist for low carbon considerations.
  • Value for Money vs Traditional buying/costing procurement routes.
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“The support from Action Sustainability’s team has enabled us to accelerate the low carbon procurement conversation and provided a detailed guide for procurement officers at major touch points in the procurement process. This ensures that carbon, waste, recyclability, circular economy are embedded in a golden thread methodology all the way through, thereby ensuring our Responsible Procurement Policy becomes a live and implemented document.”

Kristina Jackson Sustainable Supply Chain Manager

The Outcome, Benefits and Lessons Learnt

This in-depth guide provides procurement officers with precise knowledge, resources for categories, services and materials being procured with links to further guides and assistance to embed low carbon considerations into the procurement process.