Ms Anne Stewart:

It is probably also important to note, which might be useful in this context, that the EU is becoming vociferous with its reporting requirements when it comes to the umbrella term it uses of "strategic procurement”, which encompasses green, sustainability and social considerations. As part of the new eTenders platform roll-out right across the EU, we had to implement new e-forms. In essence, these are additional fields within the system to provide reporting details. Each public sector body must report those details in the system. These are fields that cannot be skipped without providing the information. The first iteration of this went live in October 2023, which provides some basic information. Phase 2 will roll out at the start of 2025 and we expect further updates to that. There is definitely a push towards more reporting. It is not the most ideal way, to force or bring people down a pathway, to implement green and social considerations, but certainly, at the moment, that is what is bringing people on that journey because they know they have these reporting obligations.