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Great work by Cleantech Innovation Geelong and partners. SPL are delighted to have supported this fantastic Procurement for Innovation project for a few years. It shows what a refreshing approach to procurement can achieve: enabling collaboration across research, industry, public sector and others, capturing and enhancing skills in the market as well as significant life cycle reductions in carbon. 'The bridges are made from a world-first geopolymer designed to be maintenance-free for at least 100 years. The new geopolymer is extremely long-lasting and uses up to 80 per cent less greenhouse gases in production than concrete. The concept for the bridges came out of a ‘procurement for innovation’ process, inviting companies to come up with a solution to an unmet need – in this case the costly maintenance and waste problem associated with traditional bridges'. See here for more details.  As the Scottish Government highlighted in its blog on 8th November 'Public procurement has a vital role to play in the transition to net zero and a nature-rich future'. Read how, for example, NatureScot uses sustainable procurement to support plans for 'NatureScot to be a Net Zero organisation by 2035; a leader in reducing our own emission using innovation and new technology'. 
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