On the 18th March 2021 SPL co-hosted, with Mervyn Jones of Sustainable Global Resources, Zero Waste Scotland and BITC a webinar considering the importance of making informed decisions regarding the procurement of ICT devices. This includes: do you really need to buy/ can you refresh and update instead, with a great example from Glasgow Kelvin College of the economic and environmental savings made. The session was very well attended with some good questions and excellent examples also from the City of Malmo, Re-tek and Rijkswaterstaat.

SPL is working with the Local Government Association on developing a toolkit to help Councils address the Climate Emergency, support the transition to a Circular Economy and enable social value through commissioning, procurement and contract management.
This has involved consultation with many Councils and other bodies through national and regional networks and directly. It is also been presented at the Local Government Procurement Expo on 10th March 2021.

SPL is delighted to have worked with Scottish Government and public sector partners (APUC, NHSS, Scotland Excel and others) to develop the Climate Literacy for Procurers e-learning module.
The eLearning comprises of 3 modules: The Climate Challenge; Responding to the Challenge; and Taking Action.
It is one of the outputs from the Climate and Procurement Forum, People and Capability workstream and helps buyers understand their role in helping to address the Climate Emergency.
​See the Scottish Government blog here.
This represents some of the work we are doing on supporting commissioners and buyers mobilise the power of procurement to make meaningful inroads into Climate goals.