Feds ‘slow’ to act on green procurement, says environment watchdog

Departments 'did not use their public infrastructure procurement and financing capacity effectively to prioritize the use of construction materials with a lower carbon footprint,' reads the audit report.

'Billions of dollars worth of public infrastructure has been and will continue to be built in upcoming years, where the carbon content will be higher than what would otherwise have been the case had earlier actions been taken,' Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

May 13, 2024

The government isn't using its procurement and purchasing power “effectively” to prioritize the use of lower carbon materials in line with its emission reduction plan, according to the federal environment watchdog.

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