Figure 3
The plot comprises three vertical scales. The first scale on the left includes four main categories arranged from top to bottom as follows: “Transition to a Net-Zero Emissions Economy,” “Worker Conditions and Business Sustainability,” “Access for Local Businesses,” and “Domestic Construction Workforce.” The middle scale displays multiple connecting nodes representing specific sustainability factors associated with each procurement priority. For “Transition to a Net-Zero Emissions Economy,” the nodes listed from top to bottom are “Env initiatives,” “Carbon strategy,” “Waste reduction,” “Past low-carbon projects,” “Waste mgmt plan,” “G H G strategy,” “Recycle or reuse plan,” “Embodied carbon,” “Water savings,” “Transport plan,” “Env accreditations,” and “E M P submission.” For “Worker Conditions and Business Sustainability,” the nodes are “Onsite composting,” “Business continuity,” “Broader outcomes,” “Diversity policies,” “Wellbeing (Maori incl),” “Living wage,” “Community cohesion,” “Mental health,” “S M E support,” “Whenua Māori awareness,” “Work conditions,” “Subcontractor engagement,” and “Māori or Pasifika hiring.” For “Access for Local Businesses,” the nodes are “Social initiatives,” “Local jobs,” and “Local sourcing.” For “Domestic Construction Workforce,” the nodes are “Skill dev local,” “Ongoing training,” “Local workforce,” “Apprenticeships,” “Māori or Pasifika training,” “New entrant training,” “Project training,” “Secondments,” and “Career pathways.” The third scale on the right includes three divisions from top to bottom: “Environmental (E),” “Governance (G),” and “Social (S).” Curved connecting flows extend from each item on the left through the middle nodes to one of the three E S G categories on the right, showing the relationships between procurement priorities and E S G criteria.Sankey diagram of procurement priorities and ESG criteria. Source: Authors' own creation