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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SELECT COMMITTEE
2002 Sustainable Procurement Policy
2004 Greening the Council Strategy (1)
Energy (2) Transport (3) Resources
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POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

• Ad hoc procurement

• Sustainability standards for the built
  environment (2003)

• Food procurement in schools

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Acharacle Primary School
Timber External cladding and wood-modified roof
covering No fire retardants or timber
preservatives Extremely low heat load Strong
emphasis on indoor air quality Thermal
mass Rainwater harvesting Pad foundations
Ventilation Strategy for Sketch Scheme 6c
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Acharacle Primary School - A Sustainable
School for the 21st Century - The Design
Process - A PowerPoint Diary
Acharacle Primary School - A Sustainable
School for the 21st Century - The Design
Process - A PowerPoint Diary
Briefing - Participation Exercise with School
Ideas Images for the new school
Community
Weather
Culture
Nature
History
Water
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Education, Culture Sport Service

• EDUCATION
• 184 Primary Schools
• 29 Secondary Schools
• Community Education Services
• School Transport Services, Catering Cleaning
  Services, Hostel Accommodation

• CULTURE SPORT
• Museums Heritage, Art Galleries, Film Media
• Sports Development, Community Halls, Leisure
  Centres, Swimming Pools
• Libraries Library Support Services
• Gaelic Development

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Wick
Brora
Dingwall
Portree
Inverness
Fort William
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Sustainable Procurement

• Range of Initiatives
• Quality of Life
• Purchasing Decisions
• Maximise Economic Benefit
• Safeguard the Environment

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Food Procurement

• Highland Council spend 2.5m
• Strategic Sourcing
• Freshness
• Seasonality
• Local Produce

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Background Work

• Visits to Farms and Growers
• Euro Info Centre
• Communications and Networks
• Seeking and Giving Advice
• Food for Life Seminar
• Slow Food Movement
• Radio 4 Food Programme

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Gold Star for Norma!Milk for Schools
e-bulletin service

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• Gold Star Awarded to Norma Murray of the Highland
  Council - for a superb Radio Four programme
  detailing
• the revolution in school meals going on in
  Scotland - brilliant stuff.
• The school meals changes based on the Scottish
  Parliament's H4S programme is being enhanced
  still
• further by the Soil Association's Food for Life
  project which has an emphasis on local and
  organic produce.
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• The local politics of sustainability of community
  and JOBS in farming in relationship to school
  meals.
• Procurement is a sound lesson - pity more
  Westminster politicians can't seem to get their
  head around.
• One supplier of meat had 55 employees and took
  produce from over 1,000 local farmers and
  crofters which
• was supplied to the Highland Council - and these
  are FRESH products not frozen - got to be good
  for
• improved quality of the finished meal on the
  plate.
• More to the point one head teacher was quoted as
  saying the changes in school meals together with
  the
• water programme, free fruit scheme and breakfast
  club had a positive impact on both behaviour and
• concentration of her pupil.
• Won't that make meals more expensive?  Norma said
  although organic produce did cost more initially
  she

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Hungry for Success

• Compliments the Ethos of the Service
• Investment to Service and Young People
• Your Choice to Healthy Living
• Council Plans and Partnerships

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Food for Life

• Five Key Targets
• Good Nutrition
• Organic Food
• Sustainable Supply Chains
• Less Processed Foods
• Better Food Education

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Our Successes

• Organic Carrots
• Milk
• Eggs
• Water
• Local Butcher Meat
• Venison
• Salmon
• Seasonality

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Challenges

• Produce ? User
• Strategic v Local
• Food for Life Objectives gt E-procurement
• Contract Management

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