Ministry of Defence launches new Sustainable Procurement Strategy

The Ministry of Defence’s recently published Sustainable Procurement Strategy looks at ways in which the Armed Forces and their equipment can become greener.

The strategy details the overarching strategy for how the MOD is taking forward sustainable procurement within the Department. It aims to pull together the various sustainable procurement targets set out in both the MOD Sustainable Development and Climate Change Strategies which were published in December 2008, and describes in more detail what the MOD is planning to do to achieve them.

Commenting on the new strategy, Minister for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform, Lord Drayson, said:

“Climate change, resource depletion and energy competition are likely to contribute to future instability and conflict making sustainable procurement an important defence issue.

“Reducing reliance on fossil fuels and other scarce resources will help the Armed Forces address the causes of climate change but will also improve their ability to operate in hostile environments, reducing the need for resupply convoys in dangerous territory.”

Read the Sustainable Procurement Strategy PDF in full at the MOD’s website