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What do impending changes under PPN 026, which comes into effect in January, mean for how environmental performance is delivered and measured?<\/h2>\n

With the government and prime minister now approaching six months in office, we are beginning to see a clearer direction emerge for the UK\u2019s policy and procurement landscape<\/a>, signalling a shift in priorities and a renewed focus on how policy is developed and delivered. Burnham\u2019s appetite for greater local autonomy presents new opportunities for place-based decision-making surrounding jobs and skills, with social value at the heart of policy.<\/p>\n

Yet whether intentional or not, this has sparked significant media attention on a supposed \u201crollback\u201d on sustainability requirements, with environmental considerations seemingly becoming less prominent within the wider public policy narrative.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that the proposed PPN 026<\/a>, which comes into effect on 1 January 2027, and the revised Social Value Model will strengthen the role of social value within procurement decisions, reflecting the government’s ambition to use procurement as a catalyst for economic growth and regional prosperity.<\/p>\n

However, does this shift in policy mean that environmental and sustainability themes have lost their place within the government’s public procurement agenda?<\/p>\n

RLB\u2019s latest Procurement Trends report suggests otherwise. More than a third of contractors now say that clients are setting measurable sustainability targets, up 13% over the past four years.<\/p>\n

While the revised PPN 026 removes environmental outcomes from the government\u2019s formal Social Value Model, I believe that this shouldn\u2019t be mistaken for a reduction in sustainability ambition. Instead, it reflects a shift in how sustainability outcomes are being delivered.<\/p>\n

PPN 026 and public procurement<\/h3>\n

To truly understand the context of the evolution, we need to wind back to the previous iteration of the social value model (PPN 002), which incorporated themes such as Sustainable Procurement Practices, physical and mental wellbeing and reduction in crime.<\/p>\n

More broadly, the model reflected the government’s wider \u201cmissions\u201d at the time, demonstrating how social value is used as a vehicle for delivering broader political and economic priorities.<\/p>\n

In contrast, PPN 026 narrows its lens, again aligning directly with Labour\u2019s missions. This time, however, it reflects Burnham\u2019s updated government priorities: jobs, skills and local opportunities.<\/p>\n

In doing so, the environmental pillar of the UK government\u2019s social value model has been removed. So, at a time when political and public discourse surrounding net zero and environmental regulation is becoming increasingly polarised, the removal of environmental outcomes from the government’s social value framework, can understandably be interpreted by some as evidence of a broader shift away from sustainability priorities.<\/p>\n

What does this mean for environmental themes in the public agenda?<\/h3>\n

Although it may look like environmental considerations have been pushed to the sidelines, the reality is more nuanced. Rather than representing a reduction in ambition, the changes reflect a shift in how environmental performance is delivered and measured, with greater emphasis now placed on jobs and skills within the social value framework.<\/p>\n

For social value professionals there is a wider discussion emerging too: whether environmental outcomes belong in social value, or whether they are better placed as separate, but equally important elements of an interlinked mission?<\/p>\n

While environmental considerations no longer sit within the government’s formal definition of social value, they remain firmly embedded within wider policy, regulatory and procurement requirements, through mechanisms such as net zero targets and Carbon Reduction Plans (PPN 006). As such, both social value and environmental outcomes remain critical priorities within public procurement. The ambition remains but the delivery and measurement mechanisms have evolved.<\/p>\n

For clients, contractors and consultants, the implication is clear. Sustainability is not disappearing from public procurement. Rather than being captured primarily through social value commitments, environmental performance remains a core project requirement, supported through alternative mechanisms.<\/p>\n

The organisations that recognise and understand this shift will be best placed to deliver both the economic and environmental outcomes that government policy continues to demand.<\/p>\n

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