{"id":2377,"date":"2021-01-21T11:46:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2021-01-21T11:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:46:17","slug":"taking-account-of-climate-and-circular-economy-considerations-in-public-procurement-sppn-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2021\/01\/21\/taking-account-of-climate-and-circular-economy-considerations-in-public-procurement-sppn-1-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking account of climate and circular economy considerations in public procurement: SPPN 1\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have issued a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/taking-account-of-climate-and-circular-economy-considerations-in-public-procurement-sppn-1-2021\/\">Scottish Procurement policy note 1\/2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The global climate emergency is a strategic national priority and forms a central tenet of a green recovery. This policy note clarifies the expectations on public bodies in respect to climate and circular economy considerations.<\/p>\n<p>It covers new regulations introduced in November 2020 that require Scottish public bodies to report on, where applicable, <em>\u201c<\/em><strong>targets for reducing indirect emissions of greenhouse gases<\/strong><em>\u201d<\/em> by 2022. As well as the expectation on public bodies to include in their Procurement Strategies how they will prioritise the climate and circular economy in their activity.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalperformance.gov.scot\/\">National Performance Framework<\/a>, our <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableprocurementtools.scot\/\">Sustainable Procurement Tools<\/a> are available to all public bodies. They include indicators and guidance to support Scottish public sector buyers in considering and acting on a number of climate change considerations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarification on recently strengthened climate change reporting duties and the support available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":1949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,55,68],"tags":[74,408,6,158],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change","category-scottish-procurement","category-scottish-procurement-policy-note","tag-circular-economy","tag-climate-emergency","tag-scottish-procurement","tag-scottish-procurement-policy-note"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taking account of climate and circular economy considerations in public procurement: SPPN 1\/2021 - 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