Public procurement structures and service portfolios vary greatly between countries, directly influencing the sustainability risks they face. Common challenges include cybersecurity threats, ensuring business continuity for critical infrastructure, and preventing corruption. In addition, jurisdictions worldwide are introducing increasingly stringent sustainability regulations, reshaping the expectations placed on public procurement systems and their suppliers.
We help you manage the key sustainability risks in your supply chain and unlock opportunities for greater efficiency, impact, and long-term value.
Our solutions cover the topics most material to your industry, enabling you to meet legal requirements and boost sustainability performance.
The increasing reliance on IT suppliers and digital systems in the public sector amplifies risks related to data protection and cybersecurity. ESG tech solutions can help enforce robust security measures and ensure business continuity in the face of growing digital threats.
Public procurement is particularly vulnerable to corruption, fraud, and anti-competitive practices due to high transaction volumes and close private-sector interactions. Advanced ESG platforms can enhance supply chain transparency, enforce due diligence, and ensure compliance with anti-corruption and sanctions regulations.
Public sector procurement plays a significant role in meeting state-level decarbonization and environmental targets. ESG solutions can track emissions across supply chains, support the shift to green energy and circular economy practices, and ensure alignment with sustainability policies and goals.
With its vast purchasing power, the public sector must ensure adherence to human rights standards, conflict mineral regulations, and hazardous substance controls. ESG software enables ethical sourcing, monitors compliance, and reduces risks tied to labor exploitation and environmental degradation in procurement.
Public sector procurement can drive eco-innovation, and sustainable production and consumption patterns across industries. Leveraging ESG tools allows governments and authorities to implement socially and environmentally responsible procurement strategies that align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create widespread economic and environmental benefits.
Our platform offers a comprehensive suite of sustainability solutions to meet your industry needs. Combining the world’s largest sustainable supply chain network, AI-powered insights and automation, and built-in ESG expertise covering over 40 topics, we ensure that your sustainability efforts are tailored to your industry - giving you a competitive edge and driving meaningful impact.
The public sector is increasingly required to demonstrate compliance with due diligence regulations, particularly related to ethical and green procurement practices. Our due diligence solutions ensure compliance with regulations like the EU’s CSDDD by providing tools to assess supplier risks and monitor adherence to ESG regulations.
Sustainability reporting is vital for public sector organizations to showcase transparency and accountability in their operations and procurement decisions. Our solutions support compliance with frameworks like the CSRD and GRI by providing accurate ESG reporting tools to align with sustainability goals and regulatory mandates.
Public sector supply chains face scrutiny over their carbon impacts, particularly in infrastructure projects and energy procurement. We help you track and reduce Scope 3 emissions, comply with regulations like the EU’s CBAM, and meet ambitious decarbonization targets.
Public procurement often involves sourcing materials like metals and minerals, timber, and biomass, which can contribute to deforestation and biodiversity loss. Our solutions ensure compliance with regulations like the EUDR by providing traceability tools and promoting sustainable sourcing practices that protect ecosystems.
The public sector operates extensive supply chains that require comprehensive transparency to effectively address pressing sustainability risks and enhance accountability. Our multi-tier visibility tools provide detailed insights into supplier practices, ESG compliance, and risk management at every level of the supply chain. By leveraging these tools, public sector organizations can strengthen resilience, meet regulatory requirements, and build trust with stakeholders.
Compliance with environmental and material-specific regulations, such as chemical and conflict mineral laws, is critical for public procurement. Our solutions simplify these compliance processes, ensuring adherence to safety, sustainability, and ethical standards in public sector supply chains.
"At Kantonsspital Winterthur we’re driven by the medical requirements from our medical departments which we can only meet with high standards in quality and safety. IntegrityNext helps us to influence our choice of suppliers.”
Operating in the healthcare sector,
Kantonsspital Winterthur is led by longstanding values and high standards in terms of quality, traceability, sustainability and equal treatment. Quality is a key criteria when purchasing goods such as medical supplies.
The company was looking for a solution with which they could implement an automated supplier assessment process on the relevant ESG topics and embedd a responsible sourcing culture that takes industry standards and sustainability criteria into account.
IntegrityNext enables KSW to monitor 100% of its direct spend regarding all relevant sustainability standards and quality aspects. As a next step, the company plans to integrate the IntegrityNext data directly into its P2P system to make sustainability criteria a natural part of the sourcing process.
KSW also uses the IntegrityNext platform to automatically control the actuality of the certificates of its medical devices.
July 2025
This white paper shows how to systematically measure Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs), avoid common pitfalls, and turn emissions data into strategic value – for regulatory compliance, smarter procurement decisions, and low-carbon product innovation.
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Join us to explore key milestones from ACCIONA's sustainable procurement journey
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Procurement leaders are aware of the complexity involved — gaining visibility across global supply chains remains one of the greatest challenges. This webinar explores the key challenges and practical insights from Rob Anthony, SVP – Global Supply Chain at Kongsberg Maritime.
