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October 23, 2025

Advancing Sustainable Public Procurement: MAC Meeting Sets Strategic Priorities

Paris, 2025 – The Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committee (MAC) of the One Planet Network Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) Programme convened in Paris on 3 July 2025 to strengthen collaboration, align strategic priorities, and define next steps to scale implementation. Hosted by the 10YFP Secretariat alongside the programme co-leads: China Environmental United Certification Center under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and Directorate: Sustainability (Integration & Reporting) of the Western Cape Provincial Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning.

The meeting brought together key partners to discuss strategies for positioning sustainable public procurement more prominently in global policy agendas. The discussions focused on reinforcing shared priorities across the SPP Programme, identifying synergies among partner initiatives, and outlining actions to better integrate SPP into global frameworks such as the Climate COP30, UNEA-7 and broader sustainable development and financing agendas. Participants reaffirmed their recognition of public procurement not only as a technical function but also as a strategic instrument with immense potential for delivering sustainability outcomes.
Participants underscored the importance of life-cycle approaches and cross-sectoral planning, especially in complex supply chains such as infrastructure and electronics. The discussions identified opportunities to ensure greater alignment and cooperation, particularly in addressing institutional fragmentation, enhancing reporting on SPP under SDG 12.7, and strengthening coordination between procurement authorities and sectoral ministries. The meeting highlighted practical entry points for action. Sustainable Public Food Procurement, particularly through school meal programmes, was recognized as a growing area of interest.

A set of proposed activity areas to guide future collaboration merged from the meeting discussions. These include enhanced technical support to Member States, stronger alignment across SPP Programme partners and UNEP, and efforts to raise the Programme’s visibility and influence in global sustainability processes. The meeting reaffirmed SPP’s role as a strategic driver of public sector transformation and sustainability action worldwide.

The SPP Programme extends its sincere thanks to all MAC members and partners for their continued support, and to those who joined the meeting in person in Paris or online, including the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority of Kenya, the Procurement Policy Office of Mauritius, the National Development Unit of the Ministry of National Infrastructure of Mauritius, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands (DG Rijkswaterstaat), the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Senegal, the City of Malmö, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).

For more details at UNEP One Planet Network news center.

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