Ministry of Defence: Procurement

(asked on 25th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 20 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, whether discussions have taken place between his officials and suppliers to identify ways to reduce emissions in the supply chain.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 2nd November 2021

The Department has regular engagements with its suppliers to build wider understanding on Defence’s approach to Net Zero, its current emission footprint and quantification methodology. Discussions are ongoing with the Defence supply chain to assess extant decarbonisation opportunities.

Defence is able to evaluate the contribution suppliers make to sustainability as part of the competitive tender process under the Government's Social Value policy. As part of the cross Government approach, with effect from 30 September this year, the Ministry of Defence requires suppliers to publish their 'net zero' commitment as part of their carbon reduction plan as a pre-requisite to being able to bid for procurements advertised under the Public Contract Regulations. Very active consideration is being given to extend this to apply to procurements conducted under the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations.

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