One Planet Network’s Annual Review and the Future of Sustainable Procurement in the Built Environment

The Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) Programme of UNEP’s One Planet Network aims to unlock public procurement’s potential as a catalyst for systemic transformation, turning global ambitions into concrete actions across the high-impact sectors such as the built environment, food systems, ICT, and more. The SPP programme released in June 2025 its annual review, highlighting major achievements in 2024/25. This was a year of transformation: from leading the Buildings Breakthrough on Demand Creation to launching the Global Framework for Action on Circular and Sustainable Public Procurement at COP29, the programme has cemented procurement as a driver of systems change.

With over 200 stakeholders consulted, new training programmes underway, and governments lining up to endorse the Framework, the momentum is clear. The report also sets out priorities for the coming year, including scaling up implementation support, tailoring regional capacity-building, and strengthening partnerships to help governments turn ambition into practice. 

The review further emphasises the importance of embedding sustainable procurement within broader policy frameworks, ensuring coherence with climate commitments, national development plans, and industry standards. This alignment strengthens the long-term impact of procurement decisions and helps create predictable demand signals that support systemic change in the built environment.

Discover how procurement is shaping a circular, resilient, and low-carbon built environment and what to expect in the coming months by reading this review. 

The full report is available online.