Green public procurement guide: preliminary consultations
Assessing jurisdictional readiness to begin procuring low emission materials for construction projects
The Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI) is a coalition of governments and private sector, academia and civil society creating an enabling environment for industrial decarbonization through:
• aggregating green public procurement commitments to create early markets for low and near-zero emission construction materials, and
• supporting the harmonization of standards, and creation of definitions for low and near zero emission steel, cement and concrete.
In 2022 IDDI launched the Green Public Procurement Pledge, which sets out four levels of commitment to the procurement of low and near-zero emission steel, cement and concrete in public construction projects. A Statement of Intent was added to the Pledge, providing an on-ramp for governments wanting to signal their intention to explore procurement of low emission materials.
In 2023 at COP28 the governments of Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced commitments to the GPP Pledge. Before making commitments, each government conducted consultations to seek feedback from stakeholders and assess the implications of setting procurement requirements for low and near-zero materials in public construction projects. This guide includes a summary of the four government’s consultations, and key takeaways from what they learned.
This is the first of a series of guides that will be published to support implementation of the IDDI GPP Pledge. Collectively the guides will cover the main implementation steps of setting commitments, updating procedure manuals, and considering market readiness.
It is assumed that governments contemplating setting Pledge commitments have their own established consultation processes. This guide provides a short list of recommendations for consultation development that are particular to procurement of low emission construction materials.
