Responsible Sourcing of Materials

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Responsible Sourcing of Materials

• Dr Kristian Steele
• BRE Global

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Corporate Management Structure 2008
BRE Global
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Responsible Sourcing of Materials

• RSM is becoming a mainstream agenda
• Target within joint Government / Industry
  sustainable construction strategy
• Key target for Construction Products Association
  in 08/09
• BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes, EcoHomes
• ODA, UKGBC, Bovis Lend Lease, Eden Project, etc
• Standards formalising (BRE and BSI)

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Responsible Sourcing of Materials
responsible sourcing is an ethos of supply chain
management and product stewardship, and
encompasses social, economic and environmental
dimensions

• Supply chain management - addresses aspects such
  as stakeholder engagement, labour practices and
  the environmental management of supply chains
• Product stewardship - continued engagement with
  the use of the product beyond the factory gate
  and a commitment to improve its lifecycle
  performance

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Responsible sourcing of Materials

• BSS6001 Responsible Sourcing of Construction
  Products DRAFT Standard
• A framework of principles
• Management
• Environmental
• Social
• Economic
• Corporate, Site, Product

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Responsible Sourcing of Materials

• Headline management principles
• General management requirements
• Quality management system
• Environmental management system
• Health and safety management system

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Responsible Sourcing of Materials

• Headline environmental principles
• Reduction of relevant environmental impacts
• Supply chain management
• Global warming emissions
• Minimise raw material usage
• Transport
• Biodiversity

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Responsible Sourcing of Materials

• Headline economic principles
• Operate in financially sustainable manner
• Negative economic impact mitigation
• Energy
• Water
• Minimise waste to landfill

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Responsible Sourcing of Materials

• Headline social principles
• Operational
• Legal framework
• HS
• Corruption
• Worker rights and equality
• Exploitation of women
• Child labour
• Complaints and prosecutions
• Ethnicity and diversity
• Contribution to the built environment
• Liaison with local communities
• Welfare

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• Scoring Responsible Sourcing of Materials

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Establishing RSM framework standard and working
relationships
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Certification of RSM
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No reinventing wheels !
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Responsible Sourcing of Materials
Our goal to allow industry the recognition
for its sustainability endeavours give a
certifiable framework for its measurement, and to
produce meaningful messages for stakeholders and
specifiers alike.

• Not bureaucratic
• Common framework
• Fair and balanced comparison across sectors
• Flexible and market orientated solution
• Context Sector, legal, environmental,
  geographical and social etc
• Industry/government engagement

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Responsible Sourcing of Materials

• BRE public consultation on RSM
• http//www.bre.co.uk/responsiblesourcing/page.jsp?
  id1293
• we welcome your comments
• close 2 May 08

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Questions?