Life Cycle Impact Mapping (LCIM), which may be used to help identify key climate change adaptation and supply resilience risks and opportunities within the life cycle of a product, service or works to be procured, can be an easy way into the Sustainability Test.
The following provides some risks that may be relevant for procurements, according to the scope of the requirement (other environmental and socio-economic risks may apply), and which may need to be managed through adaptation or resilience measures:
Table 2: Example life cycle mapping - risks relating to adaptation or supply resilience
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Impacts of obtaining raw materials/ resources needed for a relevant service |
Impacts of manufacturing and logistics/ set up of a service |
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Supply Chain resilience - Risks to availability of necessary minerals, materials and products due to climate change.
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Supply Chain resilience - Impacts on manufacturing, transport or logistics, due to risks to resilience of supply from known or anticipated changes in climate, in locations vulnerable to climate change e.g. impacts on availability of materials and components or relevant infrastructure. Services and Works - Impacts to public health, transport, delivery of social care services and others because of risks to infrastructure, communities and services from climate change. |
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Impacts during use of product/ service delivery |
Impacts at end-of-life/ disposal/ end of service |
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Services and Works - Impacts on ability to provide services and consequent risks to public health, essential services or others (according to scope of the contract). Risks of pollution to water and land from extreme weather events. Services and Works - Impacts on constructors and users of buildings, infrastructure and services from climate change including higher temperatures, flooding (including physical and mental health and wellbeing). |
Services and Works - Impacts on management of waste arising from contracts due to climate change – risks to waste infrastructure and pollution. |
