The report “Reducing embodied carbon in cement and concrete through Public Procurement in Ireland’’ was commissioned by Irelands Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on behalf of the Cement and Construction Sector Decarbonisation Working Group. 

The report provides a technical and high-quality analysis, based on international experience, knowledge of the sector, and extensive stakeholder engagement. It outlines the consultants’ technical and procedural recommendations as to their recommended public procurement approach required, to both impactfully reduce the carbon impact of public sector projects involving construction, and the procurement of cement and concrete, and to motivate the cement sector to invest in the production of decarbonised product. 

It maybe informative for the challenges faced by the Pacific Region.