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Sustainable and Circular Procurement Practices in Public Sector Procurement

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PPN06/21 This is a procurement policy that requires all suppliers bidding from public government contracts worth more than £5 million per year to commit to a Net Zero policy by 2050. Furthermore, all bidders are required to provide a Carbon Reduction Plan.

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

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This can be seen to weaken the hand of the European Commission in international negotiations, as EU procurement markets are de facto almost entirely open, regardless of the much more limited legal openness resulting from those international agreements. Halonen, Kirsi-Maria, ‘Is public procurement fit for reaching sustainability goals?