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City procurement study estimates about 1.7 million metric tons of emissions from purchases, staff says
Summary
A city staff presentation estimated roughly 1.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gases associated with municipal procurement (scope‑3), identified high‑spend supplier categories, and recommended supplier engagement and procurement policy review.
At the May 19 meeting of the Los Angeles City Committee on Environment and Energy, staff presented a new analysis of greenhouse‑gas emissions tied to city purchases and contracts and reported an estimated 1.7 million metric tons of emissions associated with procurement.
Don Tron, presenting for the Office of the Climate Pact, said the team mapped purchasing line items to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, excluded financial‑only transactions, applied EPA emissions‑intensity models and aggregated results by category. The analysis identified large emissions in high‑spend categories such as structured services and maintenance, and noted low emissions intensity for some technical services.
Tron summarized the headline finding: an estimated 1.7 million metric tons of procurement‑related emissions, which the presenter said is nearly double the city’s municipal operations inventory figure cited earlier in the meeting. He cautioned that price changes, inflation and supplier practices affect these totals and described the study as an analytical starting point for identifying high‑impact supplier categories.
Committee members asked how the procurement findings would be used; Tron said staff intend to use the analysis to target supplier engagement, pursue green procurement policies, and consider vendor reporting requirements (product environmental declarations) aligned with state efforts noted in the presentation.
The committee voted to note and file the report; staff will post the full slide deck and data references on the office website and pursue next steps for supplier analysis and policy recommendations.
