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Supplier Criteria & Procurement Leverage
Requiring suppliers meet carbon/efficiency targets; sustainability clauses.
10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead · Last reviewed July 2026
An organisation's energy and carbon impact extends through its supply chain, and its purchasing power is a lever for change. Setting supplier criteria - using procurement to require energy and carbon performance from suppliers - extends energy management beyond the organisation's own walls.
In this lesson
- 01Procurement as leverage
- 02Whole-life cost, not purchase price
- 03Energy and carbon criteria in purchasing
- 04Setting supplier expectations
- 05Sustainable procurement policy
- 06Driving market change
- 07Integrating with procurement practice
- 08Sources and further reading