Green Procurement

Understanding the service

Green procurement means choosing products and services that have less impact on the environment, thereby raising the profile of your business’s green agenda. Our advisors will work with you to understand your current procurement processes and the environmental standards of your suppliers before helping develop a green procurement plan.

Your business can also receive support in signing up to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code and fulfilling the criteria within it. You can contribute to the Mayor’s target of cutting the capital’s carbon emissions by 60% by 2025.

The products sought through green procurement will do some or all of the following:

• use fewer resources by being made out of recycled materials
• consume less energy or water in production or use
• generate less waste by reducing packaging
• contain fewer hazardous or toxic materials
• use materials with a longer life span
• be re-usable or recyclable on disposal.

How it can help your business

A green procurement service will help you to avoid unnecessary purchases, identify greener products and improve overall resource efficiency. By fulfilling green procurement criteria, you will be able to join larger supply chains, including public sector supply chains that have environmental requirements. This can open up business opportunities for you and help make London a sustainable world city.

Getting started

To start working towards your green procurement plan please contact us using the details on the inside back cover. Examples of financial benefits through implementing green procurement initiatives for companies include:

• Reduction of the light and heat spend by 30%
• Reduction by half of spend on packaging
• Savings by reducing 90% of hazardous chemicals in cleaning.

If you will find this service of interest, please email your contact details to Scott Nixon and our consultants will be in touch to discuss your requirements.