Green Public Procurement – An Introduction to Sustainable Public Procurement and the Circular Economy

About the seminar  

Are you ready to enhance your organisation’s sustainability efforts and lead by example in green public procurement?

Ireland’s public sector are required by law since 2009 to lead in climate action, sustainability, and transparency. Public bodies must reduce fossil fuel use and other environmental impacts, adopt green procurement scoring, and manage environmental information responsibly, all while meeting national and EU regulatory obligations.

Join us for an in-depth online seminar that will equip you with the tools to drive sustainable development and reduce environmental impact in public procurement. This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to Green Public Procurement and will outline the key features of Sustainable Public Procurement and the Circular Economy while referring to the relevant sources of aligning legislation and circulars (to include the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 and GPP Criteria Circular 17/2025).

Whilst Circulars 17/2025 and 14/2024 have drawn a lot of attention recently, public procurement remains a powerful market force, with an estimated spend of €1.8trillion across the EU accounting for 14% of EU GPP in Ireland public procurement accounts for 10-12% of GDP.

Green Public Procurement offers public bodies a means to lead sustainable development in their sector, engaging suppliers to reduce the environmental impacts across their product and service life cycles; developing the circular economy and reducing costs to Public Bodies.

Learning Outcomes: 

On completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Review their organisations’ environmental impacts at a high level
• Focus limited resources on areas of significance
• Apply GPP Guidelines to scoring and specification
• Understand circularity and its opportunities for cost saving
• Measure the impacts, to continually improve

This seminar will show you how to harness the power of green procurement to reduce environmental impacts across the product and service life cycles, supporting the development of the circular economy. Plus, with the Climate Action Plan now requiring every public body to have a climate mandate, this is your chance to ensure your procurement practices align with national and global sustainability objectives.

This is a highly interactive training session  – bring your examples, challenges and ideas to debate and learn.

Course Tutor

Our trainer participated in EU GPP WG2.6 Working Group 2.6 to review and update some of the EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) guidelines 2017-18.  He is an independent energy advisor with an MSc in Energy Management and Renewable energy from University of Ulster, he is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Measurement & Verification professional (CMVP) and trainer for ISO50001.

Who Should Attend

This training is open to all seeking an introduction to GPP and Circular Economy and is especially useful to procurers who are new to Green Public Procurement and want to know where to start.

All of our open programmes can also be run on an in-house basis. For more information, see our page on In-House Training.

Participant limits apply so be sure to book your place now.