Sustainable Procurement: training the public sector Dr' Helen Walker, Centre for Research in Strateg

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Sustainable Procurement training the public
sector Dr. Helen Walker, Centre for Research
in Strategic Purchasing and Supply, (CRiSPS)Dr
Stephen GoughCentre for Research in Education
and the Environment (CREE)University of Bath
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Structure of presentation

• What is SP?
• Why does it matter?
• SD and learning
• An online tour of our SP course

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A bit about procurement

• Traditionally seen as clerical function
• Aim is to achieve savings through contracting
• Increasingly seen as strategic
• Savings are often seen as contrary to SP, as SP
  seen as more expensive
• e.g. pay premium for green products

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What is sustainable procurement?

• No agreed definition
• The pursuit of sustainability objectives through
  the procurement process
• Includes social, economic and environmental
  dimensions
• Can include buying green, local sourcing,
  environmental supply, ethical sourcing, social
  enterprise, sustainable consumption, resource
  productivity etc. . . .
• Can think about SP though a products lifecycle

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Life Cycle Analysis
Extract
Grave
Process
Cradle
Dispose
Recycle
Reincarnate
Use
Manufacture
Retail
Transport
Source Derived from ESSCMo Project, CRiSPS
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Why does it matter?

• Public sector spend accounts for 40 of UK GDP
• Way that public sector spends its money can have
  major impact on sustainability objectives
• Using procurement as a lever for broader
  government objectives (e.g. sustainability)
• SP Task Force established so UK leaders in Europe
  by 2009

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Given government support in UK and EU

• In October 2005 Margaret Beckett, the UK
  Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and
  Rural Affairs, hosted a EU Green Public
  Procurement event as part of the UK Presidency of
  the EU. During her keynote address she said
• Public procurement has significant potential to
  support the effective integration of the three
  dimensions environmental, economic and social.
  In the UK we are clear that sustainability,
  efficiency and value for money are not
  incompatible indeed they can be mutually
  reinforcing.

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NHS

• Employs 1.3 million people
• Spends 19 billion on goods and services
• From surgical gloves to whole hospitals
• One of largest waste producers
• Core interest in promoting health of nation
• inequalities in society are a major cause of ill
  health
• NHS has significant influence over not only the
  type and quality of services purchased, but also
  over local economies and the prospects for
  sustainability
• by behaving as a good corporate citizen, the NHS
  can help support local communities and create a
  better environment

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Englands most deprived districts (ID 2000)
Englands most deprived districts (ID 2000)
Source ODPM
Data from O.D.P.M.
PASA increasingly moving to regional focus
PASA is increasingly moving to a regional focus
Source CRiSPS NHS PASA Sustainable Procurement
Course 2005
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The ethics of NHS food procurement

• Estimated that treating ill-health caused by poor
  diet costs the NHS gt 2 billion per year
• Spend gt500 million per year on food and catering
• Provided for patients, staff and visitors
• Over 600 kitchens
• Menus and content decided by local NHS Trusts
• Must meet ethnic, religious, cultural needs
• Must meet specialised diet requirements
• Must be nutritious, meet quality and
  environmental standards and support the community
  where possible

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Sustainable Procurement
Yoghurt Quote from the farmer who won the
contract NHS contracts allow local business to
become better employers. Less reliant on
seasonal trade, we are able to offer work to
local residents year round.
Source CRiSPS NHS PASA Sustainable Procurement
Course Cohort 1 2005
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INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION, MEDIATION
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAPACITY BUILDING
Information One-way transmission Parameters and
assumptions agreed. Instruction of learners
Communication Two-way exchange Main parameters
and assumptions shared. Engagement of learners
Mediation Two/multiple-way exchanges Important
parameters and/or assumptions disputed.
Facilitation of learning
Training
CAPACITY BUILDING Contributing to sustainable
procurement
Education
L E A R N I N G
Contributions to capacity building
Impacts on both mediated and non-mediated learning
Economic policy social policy legal context and
change developments in civil society
technological innovation demographic change etc.
NB. Information, communication and pedagogy do
not contribute to learning or capacity building
if they are false, useless to the recipient,
domineering or exploitative. Some learning
occurs without any deliberate third party
intervention.
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ANY QUESTIONS?
Source CRiSPS NHS PASA Sustainable Procurement
Course Cohort 1 2005