The aim of this National Action Plan (NAP) is to implement the Government's Policy Statement on SPP. It will assist the public sector to build sustainable procurement into their corporate culture, take proper account of sustainability in procurement activity and to be able to demonstrate how this is being achieved. This Action Plan calls on all public bodies to produce their own Delivery Plans to set out how SPP will be carried out and make it publicly available. The objectives of this NAP are the following: (i) Show the potential role of SPP in achieving Sustainable Development objectives. (ii) Review the policy framework on public procurement, identify the challenges for SPP and recommend the way forward. (iii) Present an Action Plan (with short/medium/long term actions) for SPP, setting concrete targets for some flagship products and services. (iv) Recommend appropriate monitoring and reporting mechanisms for the successful implementation of the SPP Action Plan.