Challenge
Construction companies face strong cost and schedule pressure, while biodiversity criteria are still less mature than safety, quality, and carbon criteria. This makes nature-positive procurement difficult to operationalise.
Construction
Circular Construction and Nature-Based Procurement
The construction case turns the NPOS innovation findings into a practical model for public procurement, circular materials, design for disassembly, and on-site biodiversity features.
Raahe and coastal municipal construction markets
Approach
The case uses circular and bio-based materials, design-for-disassembly principles, permeable surfaces, green roofs, and procurement scoring that rewards measurable nature-positive features rather than only lowest upfront cost.
Outcomes
The aim is to make construction an innovation pathway rather than a compliance burden: lower lifecycle impacts, stronger material reuse, and municipal tenders that create demand for regional circular supply chains.
Research Evidence
Based on NPOS Blog 3 and Blog 13: operational innovation is the strongest predictor of handprint adoption, and construction has untapped potential through materials and procurement.