Including the closely related term procurement spend.
… Footprint These are the emissions associated with goods that the council procures and the services that the council commissions. The supply chain carbon footprint is currently calculated using nationally published carbon-intensity factors for different categories of purchasing rather than asking each of the thousands of suppliers to submit data to the council. It is estimated to be 330 ktCO2e, which…
… assets and provide community services with its finite budget. 2. Engage with the highest value contracts The ten highest-value contracts represent 25% of the council’s annual procurement spend. The council will initially focus on the high value contracts to engage the contractors to determine the exact carbon emissions associated with these contracts and discuss how they could be willing to assist…
… are reported through two, separate carbon footprints: Its Corporate Carbon Footprint and its Supply Chain Carbon Footprint. 3.1.1. Corporate Carbon Footprint These are the emissions associated with the buildings, vehicles and street lighting that the council operates. It does not include any procured goods or commissioned services, other than for school transport; this is because robust data has been…
… or service required. For example, designing a new building to use traditional construction methods and subsequently procuring bricks and blocks from manufacturers that use renewable energy in their manufacturing process and from distributors that use highly-efficient vehicles, won’t reduce carbon by very much in comparison to designing the building to use low carbon materials in the first place. Using…
… carbon reduction in evaluation criteria All new invitations to tender need to include as part of the evaluation criteria the requirement for the bidders to explain how they will minimise the carbon emissions arising from the operation of the contract in line with net-zero by 2030/31 aspirations. To assist with the implementation of this approach the Procurement Category Managers will put in place Low…