Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 11
11
Not Addressed
Paragraph: 52
Sustainable government procurement presents a pathway to increasing the sustainability of supply chains.
Conclusion
Sustainable government procurement presents a pathway to increasing the sustainability of supply chains. Yet Government performance against existing sustainable procurement policies has been unimpressive. The removal of the mandatory reporting obligation by Government departments against the Greening Government Commitments has led to a dearth of data and has hampered the monitoring of compliance with the Government Buying Standards, to the extent that it appears at present impossible to know whether departments have improved their sustainable procurement performance. In the run up to COP15 and COP26, and at a time when the Government should be showing leadership on sustainability issues, its departments appear instead to be moving backwards. This increased opacity over departmental sustainability practices is unacceptable.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response focuses on addressing climate change and biodiversity loss through COP26 outcomes and the Leaders' Pledge for Nature, failing to address the committee's specific concerns regarding sustainable government procurement and mandatory reporting obligations.
Paragraph Reference:
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Government Response
The government responded to this report on 1 February 2022. No passage in that response could be matched to this recommendation. Read the response document ↗