The CO2 Performance Ladder as a Tool for Low-Carbon Procurement

This report assesses the feasibility of using the CO2 Performance Ladder—a green public procurement tool used extensively in the Netherlands—in other European contexts. It provides an overview of how the tool can be implemented in 10 European countries: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Widespread low-carbon procurement with the CO2 Performance Ladder can speed up the decarbonization of companies, projects, and supply chains and help governments meet their climate commitments.