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June 2, 2026
Building Awareness and Competency in Sustainable and Circular Public Procurement for the Built Environment
Why This Course Matters?
The built environment is at the heart of the climate crisis, accounting for 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 40% of global resource use. With half of the buildings expected to exist in 2050 not yet built, there is an urgent need to rethink how we design and manage our infrastructure.
Governments spend roughly 13% of global GDP on procurement, providing a massive lever to shift markets toward near-zero-emission, circular, and resilient solutions. This course empowers you to turn high-level sustainability goals into concrete procurement decisions.
What You Will Learn?
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
-Navigate the Global Context: Understand the environmental and socio-economic impacts of the built environment.
-Master the Global Framework for Action: Harnessing sustainable and circular public procurement to drive demand for a near-zero and resilient built environment: Apply the high-level principles and priority actions for implementing circularity across the buildings and construction value chain.
-Apply Practical Tools: Learn to use Whole Life Costing (WLC), ecolabels, and performance-based specifications.
-Identify Enabling Conditions: Explore the policies, financing, and capacity-building needed for procurement success.
-Monitor Impact: Implement frameworks to track progress against SDG 12.7.1 and other national commitments.
Course Features
Duration: Approximately 10 hours of self-paced learning.
-Interactive Content: Includes videos, case studies, and open-ended reflection tasks.
-Expert Backed: Developed by UNEP with IISD as technical partner, peer-reviewed by global experts from UNOPS, ICLEI, OECD, CEC China (IGPN Secretariat), C40, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, ITC ILO, Impacti, SKAO and Western Cape Government. And pilot-tested by users in Argentina, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, and USA.
-Certification: Earn a Certificate of Completion by passing module quizzes with a score of 70% or higher.
Who Should Join?
While designed for public procurement officers and policymakers, this course is also highly relevant for:
-Technical officials and oversight bodies.
-Private sector suppliers and industry associations.
-Civil society actors and training providers.
-Prerequisites: Introductory level knowledge of procurement is recommended
Join the Course by register at weLearn platform.
More details at UNEP One Planet Network website.
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