Sustainable IT Procurement Clause Book, version 1, by INR and La French Tech Corporate Community, with preview pages of the guideline tables.

Sustainable IT Procurement Clause Book

OBSERVATORY

IT sector relies heavily on the purchase of digital hardware and services, and the migration to cloud computing is transforming the sources of emissions, shifting them from directly consumed electricity to purchased digital services.

European CSRD regulations now require companies to measure and declare their carbon footprint, including direct and indirect emissions linked to energy, as well as those linked to the entire value chain, including purchased digital products and services.

In this context, purchasing plays a strategic role in reducing the environmental impact of IT activities. Specifiers and buyers can influence supplier practices by incorporating eco-responsibility criteria.

Developed by INR and the FTCC (French Tech Corporate Community), this reference framework aims to reinforce sustainable practices within organisations and send a signal to the IT market to move towards more sustainable models. This signal is all the stronger for having been drawn up by a large number of major companies from a variety of sectors, including Digital Service Companies.

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Content​

For each purchasing segment, the list contains :

  • Criteria expected in the upstream phase of a contract, formulated in the form of a questionnaire designed to select and evaluate tenderers.
  • Requirements to be met by the contractors over the lifetime of the contract, to be included in the contractual documents that set out the technical clauses necessary for the performance of the contract services (Cahier des Clauses Techniques Particulières – CCTP).

Target

This clause is aimed at :

  • GreenIT Manager
  • Digital services purchasing advisor
  • Buyer, Purchasing Strategy Manager
  • ESN Representative
  • Cloud Provider Partner

Contributors

Richard BURY, Director of the EDF Group’s Digital Responsibility programme, and Claire LARDIERE, Digital Responsibility Project Manager at EDF SA, oversaw the production of this guide. We would also like to thank the members of the INR and the FTCC who participated in and contributed to this double working group.

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