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Updated Climate Literacy eLearning on the Sustainable Procurement Tools

November 20, 2025 by Scottish Procurement No Comments | Category Climate literacy, Procurement news, Scottish Procurement, Sustainable Procurement Tools

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our updated Climate Literacy eLearning on the Sustainable Procurement Tools platform. This update adds reference to current policy and best practice, future goals and targets, and updated case studies.

The eLearning comprises of three modules and gives practical guidance on how public procurement activity can support net-zero aims for their organisation and Scotland as a whole.

• the climate challenge
• responding to the challenge
• taking action

This demand led product will help to encourage and assist public bodies to take account of climate and circular economy in their procurement activity. It is available from the Sustainable Procurement Tools platform and will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.

• users need to be registered and log in to access the training and download a completion
• the training is largely interactive and can be completed in one session or resumed later
• a user guide and short video are available for registration and login support

Renfrewshire Council – Artificial Pitches

This new case study, released alongside the updated eLearning, demonstrates how taking proportionate steps to embed climate requirements can transform a standard programme into a procurement that embeds sustainability at every stage. It also highlights how lessons learned can inform and improve future tenders.

Find out more about Renfrewshire Council’s approach on the Case Studies section of the website.

If your public body has a great example of embedding sustainability in procurement, we’d love to hear from you. Email us at scottishprocurement@gov.scot.

For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement

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Tags: eLearning, Sustainability

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