Sustainable Infrastructure and Low-Carbon Procurement: the Industrial Challenge of the Ecological Transition

12 May 2026

The ecological transition of public infrastructure increasingly depends on the ability to integrate industrial innovation, environmental criteria and decarbonisation strategies into public procurement processes. This transformation goes beyond materials and technologies, directly involving the role of public demand in reshaping markets and production supply chains.

These issues will be at the centre of the session on sustainable infrastructure and low-carbon procurement taking place during Forum Compraverde Buygreen 2026, bringing together institutions, companies, industry operators and researchers to discuss the future of sustainable public infrastructure. In recent years, reducing embedded emissions in construction materials, applying circular economy principles to public works and improving the environmental performance of infrastructure have become key priorities within European policies and industrial strategies.

In this context, Green Public Procurement represents a strategic lever capable of driving investment, innovation and technological development through environmental criteria and evaluation systems that reward quality, sustainability and the reduction of environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle of public works. The discussion will address the role of Italian companies in the sustainable transformation of infrastructure, the opportunities linked to innovative and recycled materials, low-carbon procurement strategies and the main challenges still affecting the integration of environmental criteria into public tenders.

Particular attention will also be given to the relationship between environmental sustainability, industrial competitiveness and supply chain resilience, at a time when public demand is increasingly expected to support more efficient development models aligned with European climate objectives. The session is part of the programme of the 20th edition of Forum Compraverde Buygreen, which, twenty years after its launch, continues to represent one of Italy’s leading platforms for dialogue on the strategic role of Green Public Procurement in the country’s ecological and industrial transition.

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