Building Sustainability Into Procurement

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• Building Sustainability Into Procurement
• Stephen Heard
• Director of Customer Relations

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What isOGCbuying.solutions?
Established in 2001, Buying Solutions is an
executive agency of the Office of Government
Commerce in the Treasury.
Our main aim is to help public sector
organisations maximise efficiency and value for
money in their procurement activities.
Our services are available to all publicly funded
organisations we derive income from commission
recovered from suppliers and service providers.
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Background

• Government has committed to conduct its business
  in a sustainable manor
• The way we currently live is not sustainable
• We are using natural resources at an ever
  increasing rate
• Livelihoods and biodiversity are becoming
  extremely challenged
• We are affecting the natural patterns causing
  effects such as, most notably, climate change
  across the planet
• But it is not all doom and gloom

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Procurement

• So how can Procurement Help?
• Work with the Supply Chain
• Work with the market place

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Perception

• Straight line concept Beginning and End
• Closed Loop - the Sustainable Cycle

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The Waste Hierarchy

• Reduce
• Re-use,
• Recycle, and
• Rethink

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Reduce

• Most Important aspect
• Save Natural Resources
• Buying Solutions Frameworks

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Resource Saving Products

• Products Specifically Designed saving water and
  energy
• - Leak detection
• - Water control systems
• - Thermostatic mixing valves

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Resource Saving Services

• Services Specifically Designed saving water,
  energy and money
• - From the Watermark Initiative
• - Reductions in Water and Energy
• - Without financial investment

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Re-Use

• Disposal Services Information Website
• Cradle to Grave Service
• DSA Disposal Services Agency
• Compliance

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Recycle

• Product Recycling
• Cost of disposal legally
• Recycled Raw Materials

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Rethink

• This is the twist
• Innovative Products and Services
• The Market Transformation Programme
• Quick Wins

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Our Responsibility

• We need to take more personal responsibility for
  our waste and what happens to it after we dispose
  of it and a great deal of this can be done at the
  procurement stage

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Our Environmental Commitment
We are also involved in a a number of initiatives
in support of the governments commitment to
sustainable development.

• Our environmental objectives are to
• Reduce the levels of both direct and indirect
  pollution associated with out activities
• Establish sustainable development as a clear
  feature of our decision making
• Encourage the spread of greener technologies and
  services in the public sector
• Seek continual improvements in our environmental
  performance through an Environmental Management
  System that includes the setting of relevant and
  measurable targets for this policy, with
  continuous monitoring and review of progress.

The need to conserve energy and protect the
environment underscores all our policies and
practices. Our suppliers and customers are
strongly encouraged to develop an awareness of
these issues and incorporate them into their
activities.
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Questions?