Procurement

The document outlines how procurement professionals can leverage their purchasing power to reduce climate impact and increase business resilience. It suggests selecting suppliers with science-based emissions targets, optimizing logistics for efficiency, and collaborating with designers on circular product development. The guide emphasizes that sustainable procurement can lead to revenue increases of 5–20 percent and supply chain cost reductions of 9–16 percent, while also providing a mechanism to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice strategies through supplier diversity programs.

• Climate-friendly purchasing offers significant financial advantages for businesses, including potential revenue increases between 5% and 20% and a reduction in supply chain costs by 9% to 16%.
• Implementing strong sustainability procurement standards helps protect businesses from climate-related supply chain risks, specifically mentioning sea-level rise, natural disasters, and crop failures.
• Procurement professionals can drive climate action by requiring suppliers to adopt science-based emissions reduction targets and establishing penalties for those who do not comply.
• The guide recommends several operational and design changes to lower carbon footprints, such as utilizing low-carbon material transport, backhauling, localized production, and developing products optimized for circularity (recyclable, upcyclable, and repairable).

APA

Project Drawdown (n.d.). Procurement. https://drawdown.org/job-function-action-guides/procurement

Chicago

Project Drawdown. Procurement. n.d. https://drawdown.org/job-function-action-guides/procurement.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{projectdrawdownndprocurement, author = {{Project Drawdown}}, title = {{Procurement}}, institution = {Project Drawdown}, url = {https://drawdown.org/job-function-action-guides/procurement}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }