Sustainable government procurement presents a pathway to increasing the sustainability of supply chains. Government performance against existing sustainable procurement policies has been unimpressive to date. The 2020–21 Greening Government Commitments report indicated that ten departments had submitted information about their performance against the procurement commitment in that year. Given that 2020–21 was a year in which the pandemic had a significant impact, the Cabinet Office ruled that...

Sustainable government procurement presents a pathway to increasing the sustainability of supply chains. Government performance against existing sustainable procurement policies has been unimpressive to date. The 2020–21 Greening Government Commitments report indicated that ten departments had submitted information about their performance against the procurement commitment in that year. Given that 2020–21 was a year in which the pandemic had a significant impact, the Cabinet Office ruled that the data submitted “should not be considered as a representative measure of overall government performance against this commitment” and declined to publ Type: conclusion | Number: 11 | Paragraph: 40 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: As part of our consultation in 2021–22 we asked respondents for their views concerning the number of forest risk commodities that should initially be included in due diligence legislation. Campaign responses from Greenpeace and Global Witnes