The UK government announced a programme to support carbon capture and storage projects. But opinions differ on whether this is an appropriate use of public money in terms of reducing emissions.
We mustn’t allow “social value” requirements create new barriers to entry for smaller firms or social enterprises that want to win public sector contracts.
Converting “social value” proposals in bids and tenders into financial values is tempting and certainly has some benefits. However, the negatives may well outweigh the positives.
Including suppliers’ approach to diversity and equality in tender evaluations is not necessarily wrong - but it needs to be considered and handled carefully.
The recent workshp with Novo-K and public procurement leaders dived into both challenges and positives around sustainable procurement and social value.
The European Commission has published a very useful new guide to support procurement of social value in the public sector -but much of it is relevant to private sector firms who are pursuing sustianability and purpose too.
Jacqui Archer is developing Postive Impact Commerce ratings to help organisations understand where they are in terms of sustainable and purposeful buisness performance.