NAO reports sustainability conflict
29 August 2012
Pressure to reduce expenditure restricts government departments procuring sustainable goods and services, a National Audit Office report has found.
In Sustainable Procurement in Central Government, the NAO also argues that a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) report in 2004, painted a “misleading” and “overly positive” view. The Defra study, Sustainable Development in Government, examined 20 Whitehall purchasing departments.
The NAO, which quizzed the same 20 departments, found 70...