L4.3Explore social procurement criteria for climate-related projects

Procurement is one of the key activities undertaken by the City to advance its policy objectives and deliver essential services. By re-evaluating and updating their procurement practices, local governments can achieve greater efficiencies, deliver better outcomes, support operations and use measures to achieve socio-economic objectives.

This action would explore opportunities to develop social procurement criteria for climate-related projects, utilizing purchasing power to realize socio-economic objectives.

A recent example of this includes the Disaster Mitigation Adaptation Fund projects, guided by the Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, whereby the City piloted a social procurement policy to foster employment opportunities for equity-seeking groups.