For
Buyers
Cost
Free
Topic
Procurement and contracting
Level
Intermediate

Environmentally sustainable procurement

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Updated: 24 Jun 2025
For
Buyers
Cost
Free
Topic
Procurement and contracting
Level
Intermediate
Learn how to increase your level of environmental sustainability (ES) in the way you plan, source and manage the procurement of goods, services and construction.

This course is based on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s Guide to Environmentally Sustainable Procurement.

Who this is for

This training is for procurement practitioners including NSW Government agencies and eligible buyers.

What you'll learn

On completion, you will be able to:

  • understand how environmentally sustainable procurement contributes to value for money outcomes
  • identify the NSW Government’s key environmental objectives
  • comply with ES procurement policies
  • integrate ES into your existing procurement practices
  • identify and mitigate ES risks and opportunities
  • develop ES tender evaluation criteria, conditions of tender and contract clauses
  • monitor ES performance throughout the contract

Level

This course targets Legislative and Policy Environment and Procurement Risk Management levels 3-4 in the Procurement Professionals Capability Set.

Start now

Access the Environmentally sustainable procurement course in Comperio – NSW Government's procurement training platform.

First-time user?

The first time you access Comperio, sign up with your work email address and the code COMPERIO.

If you get a 'you've already used this code' message, you already have an account. Simply recover your password to log in.