Understand what the NHS Evergreen Sustainable Supplier Assessment requires, check your current readiness and get practical support where expert review or delivery would help.
GB Sustainability helps smaller businesses turn sustainability requirements into clear evidence, practical actions and usable submissions. Our work with NHS suppliers connects Evergreen with the evidence behind it, including carbon footprints, Carbon Reduction Plans and wider sustainability requirements.
You work directly with Gareth from the first conversation through to delivery, so the advice stays consistent and grounded in your business.
Evergreen is NHS England's sustainability self-assessment for suppliers. It is completed through Atamis and gives suppliers a maturity level against current NHS sustainability priorities.
It gives the NHS a consistent view of supplier progress and reduces repeated requests for the same sustainability information. Suppliers can complete Evergreen if they already supply, or plan to supply, NHS England, an integrated care board or an NHS trust in England.
GB Sustainability can help you interpret the requirements, review evidence and support completion. We do not award an official level or guarantee how an NHS buyer will use your assessment.
Read NHS England’s Evergreen guidanceThe answer depends on how you supply the NHS. Evergreen is not used in exactly the same way across every procurement route, so start with the tender, framework or buyer requirement in front of you.
From 6 April 2026, NHS Supply Chain requires suppliers submitting tenders to have achieved Evergreen Level 1 at tender close.
Suppliers tendering for contracts or frameworks administered by NHS England Medicines Value and Access need a valid Evergreen assessment at the point of submission.
Your Evergreen maturity score is valid for 12 months, so an existing assessment may need refreshing before a new opportunity.
A new Carbon Reduction Plan, updated emissions footprint, organisational change or revised maturity criteria may alter what your existing evidence supports.
New NHS Carbon Reduction Plan requirements begin from 1 April 2027 and expand carbon reporting for many higher-value procurements and new frameworks.
Tell us what you are being asked for and we can help identify the most proportionate next step.
Discuss Your Evergreen RequirementsEvergreen uses four maturity levels. They build from a current Carbon Reduction Plan and core emissions reporting towards broader global carbon coverage, independently validated targets and stronger modern-slavery evidence.
A current, published Procurement Policy Note-aligned Carbon Reduction Plan; a UK Net Zero commitment by 2050 or earlier; Scope 1, Scope 2 and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions; board-level approval; and Greenhouse Gas Protocol-aligned reporting.
Scope 1, Scope 2 and all relevant Scope 3 emissions across the global business boundary, with a 2050 or earlier Net Zero target and the same core publication, approval and reporting controls.
A 2045 (or earlier) Net Zero target, independent target validation and GHG emissions verification for the reporting entity, plus a public Modern Slavery Statement and a completed Modern Slavery Assessment Tool.
Independently validated 2045 Net Zero targets and verified GHG emissions for the reporting entity and global parent (where relevant), higher-performer transparency reporting (e.g. B-Corp, CDP or EcoVadis), and active supply-chain mapping or investigation & mitigation of modern-slavery risks.
This is a practical summary of the April 2026 criteria, not the full questionnaire. Current NHS guidance and the specific procurement documents should be checked before relying on a level for a live tender.
You do not need to know which service you need. Start with the situation that sounds most like yours, and choose only the level of support that would genuinely help.
A useful place to start
Free NHS Evergreen Readiness Check
See what your answers appear to support, which evidence needs confirming and the priority gaps for your target level.
Readiness matrix • Priority gaps • Matched next steps
Free
Usually less than 10 minutes
Check Your NHS Evergreen ReadinessYou may find that no paid support is needed.
Choose the situation that sounds closest to yours. Each route starts with a proportionate fit check, so you are not paying for work you do not need.
Before submitting
Evergreen Evidence Review & Action Plan
£395 for Levels 1–2
£595 for Levels 3–4
Best when you appear close to your target level but want your documents checked before submitting.
Know what is ready, what needs confirming and what to fix first.
Ask about an Evidence ReviewAfter an unexpected result
Evergreen Rescue Review
£695
Standard case · Complex cases require a fit check
Best after No Level Awarded, or a result materially below the level you expected or need.
Understand the likely causes and leave with a prioritised recovery plan.
Ask about a Rescue ReviewCompleting the assessment
Evergreen Submission Support
£495 for Levels 1–2
£695 for Levels 3–4
Best when your evidence is ready but you want practical help completing or resubmitting Evergreen in Atamis.
Get help interpreting questions, linking evidence and completing the assessment.
Ask about Submission SupportBuild only what is missing
Choose only the modules you need—from carbon footprints and Carbon Reduction Plans to modern-slavery and supply-chain risk work.
Tell us what you are being asked for and we can help identify the most proportionate next step.
Discuss Your Evergreen Requirements
GB Sustainability has supported Ferndale Pharmaceuticals with Evergreen work on several occasions alongside wider carbon and sustainability work.
That experience matters because Evergreen draws on evidence such as Carbon Reduction Plans, emissions data, governance and modern-slavery information. Practical support needs to connect the assessment with the underlying documents.
Our approach is to review what already exists first, preserve evidence that is still useful and focus effort on gaps that genuinely affect the requirement.
"As a pharmaceutical provider, we are facing increasing expectations from both clients and legislation. Working with GB us the structure, guidance and confidence to really move things forward.
"This has strengthened our ability to meet the sustainability requirements increasingly expected within the NHS and larger client tender processes, putting us in a much stronger position when bidding for new opportunities."
GB Sustainability can also help with the Carbon Reduction Plans, carbon footprints and modern-slavery evidence that NHS tenders and frameworks may require. We start with the procurement route and identify only the gaps you need to close.
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