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The five levels of the CO2 Performance Ladder are giving way to three steps in version 4.0. The first step – Step 1 – focuses on CO2 reduction within your own organisation. In this blog, we explain what Step 1 means, how the requirements of version 4.0 have changed compared…
When issuing a public tender in the EU, you must comply with the requirements of European procurement law. Using the CO2 Performance Ladder as an award criterion to determine the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) on the basis of the best price-quality is in line with this legislation, provided you…
More than two-thirds of all Ladder certified organisations are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), ranging from companies in the civil engineering and transport sector to consultancy firms. In this article, we lay out the interesting benefits the CO₂ Performance Ladder can have for SMEs and how you can make smart…
The first step in the certification process is determining exactly which part of your organisation you want to certify. This demarcation is known as ‘setting organisational boundaries’. But why is it so important, and how should you approach it? We explain it all in this blog. Organisational boundaries define the…
In the CO2 Performance Ladder version 4.0, the five levels of certification from version 3.1 are replaced by three steps. In this blog, we explain what the three steps mean and to what extent they differ from or correspond to the levels of the previous version of the Ladder. Version…
Expanding the CO2 Performance Ladder to countries both within and beyond Europe requires extensive preliminary research. For example: What is a country’s current policy on sustainable procurement? What are its ambitions, and who are the key stakeholders? The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) helps SKAO with studies to gain…
As an organisation, you not only have to deal with CO2 that you emit yourself, but also with emissions that occur elsewhere in your supply chain. These indirect emissions are also known as scope 3 emissions. Scope 3 emissions play an important role in different levels and steps of the…
Green Public Procurement can play an important role in greening the economy and achieving climate goals. As a government, it can sometimes be quite a challenge to decide exactly how to integrate sustainability in your tenders. The CO2 Performance Ladder offers a solution here. In this article, we explain the…
On 14 January 2025, the new version of the CO2 Performance Ladder was published: handbook 4.0.* With a transition scheme, we want to make the transition from version 3.1 to version 4.0 as smooth as possible. Organisations and contracting authorities are given three years to fully migrate to version…
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