Greening the supplychain

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Greening the supply-chain

• Dr Andy Davey
• Head of Environment and Risk Management Policy

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Content

• Why?
• Scope
• Trust survey
• Supplier survey
• Key messages

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Why?

• The environment affects human health
• Greening the NHS
• EU policy
• Government policy
• Bottom-line

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Scope

• what is purchased
• what is not purchased
• the purchasing and supply process
• how products are manufactured/services are
  delivered
• end-of-life
• supply-chain performance

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Environmental purchasing framework
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Trust survey summary findings

• Summary
• 38 response rate
• 82 top management at least some importance
• 24 trust wide environmental policy
• 29 demonstrable environmental improvements
• 30 incorporated environmental considerations
  into procurement strategy

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Trust survey - environmental purchasing

• 30 have negative discrimination purchasing
  policies
• 22 have positive discrimination purchasing
  policies
• 26 generally take environmental factors into
  account
• 80 would find the following of some use
• workshops/training and guidance
• product flags in catalogues
• product information
• supplier performance information

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Supplier survey summary findings

• Summary
• response rate of 59.5 versus 100 target
• 13 suppliers declined to participate
• 72 of respondents are SMEs
• 52 affected by environmental issues
• 65 actively managing environmental impacts
• 86 top management place at least some importance

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Supplier survey management framework
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Supplier survey products and services
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Supplier survey information provision
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Supply-chain performance indicators
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Current performance - processes
4.5 with certified EMS and published
environmental report 4 with uncertified EMS
and published environmental report 11 with
certified EMS (no reporting) 15 13 52.5
not on scale!
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Current performance - products
8 12 7 2 10 unverified claims 61 not
on scale!! 6
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Next steps

• report and follow-up
• searchable database
• updates
• standard question set
• monitor

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Key messages

• environmental agenda is high priority
• integration into NHS/public procurement
• affect profitability
• opportunities
• start now
• we can help

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Summary - NHS PASA strategic approach
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Relationship management
tensions
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NHS PASA trajectory
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Greening the supply-chain
Questions?

• Dr Andy Davey
• Head of Environment and Risk Management Policy