Update On Green Public Procurement Strategy And Action Plan

On 4 April 2024, the Government approved the Green Public Procurement Strategy and Action Plan. The Plan 'Buying Greener: Green Public Procurement Strategy and Action Plan 2024-2027' (GPP Plan 2024-2027) was finalised after the draft Plan was subject to a public consultation last October (on which ALG's procurement team produced a detailed note on: see here)

Replacing the previous national policy 'Green Tenders- An Action Plan on Green Public Procurement', the GPP Plan 2024-2027 modernises Ireland's public sector purchasing strategy to support its environmental and wider sustainability goals. With public bodies in Ireland (excluding utilities) recording an estimated spend of €18.5 bn on goods, services and works annually, the GPP Plan 2024-2027 focuses the public purse on green and circular procurement practices. In turn, these procurement practices will drive "the provision of more resource-efficient, low carbon, less polluting goods, services and works".