Peter Smith

July 27, 2020

People, Features

"You Must Earn the Right to Develop the Purpose Agenda" - Bernhard Raschke of Korn Ferry Speaks

Peter Smith

July 27, 2020

People, Features

"You Must Earn the Right to Develop the Purpose Agenda" - Bernhard Raschke of Korn Ferry Speaks

Bernhard Raschke of Korn Ferry tells us why organisations and leaders that show purpose will succeed post-Covid.

Peter Smith

June 9, 2020

Good practice, People, Features

Sustainable Procurement at Unilever - Part 2

Peter Smith

June 9, 2020

Good practice, People, Features

Sustainable Procurement at Unilever - Part 2

More insight into Unilever’s very successful sustainable procurement programme, including six key take-aways.

Peter Smith

June 3, 2020

Features, Good practice, People

Sustainable Procurement at Unilever - Insight from Dave Ingram and Stephanie Schmid

Peter Smith

June 3, 2020

Features, Good practice, People

Sustainable Procurement at Unilever - Insight from Dave Ingram and Stephanie Schmid

Unilever has been a true leader in sustainable procurement for some years now. In our interview, two of the firm’s procurement leaders explain how this success has been achieved.

Peter Smith

May 28, 2020

Features, People

Kavita Cooper – Procurement with Purpose for Charities

Peter Smith

May 28, 2020

Features, People

Kavita Cooper – Procurement with Purpose for Charities

Kavita Cooper of Novo-K; Helping charities and driving procurement with purpose

Peter Smith

May 19, 2020

People, Features

Thomas Udesen of Bayer Talks About The Sustainable Procurement Pledge

Peter Smith

May 19, 2020

People, Features

Thomas Udesen of Bayer Talks About The Sustainable Procurement Pledge

Practitioners can sign up to be “ambassadors” for the cause

Peter Smith

May 13, 2020

Features, Good practice, People

Russell Picot - The Unlikely Climate Evangelist

Peter Smith

May 13, 2020

Features, Good practice, People

Russell Picot - The Unlikely Climate Evangelist

Interview with Russell Picot - changing the nature of company reporting to focus more on climate change and sustainability risks could drive huge change

Peter Smith

March 18, 2020

Analysis, Features, People, News

Does Coronavirus and Global Recession Spell the End of Procurement with Purpose?

Peter Smith

March 18, 2020

Analysis, Features, People, News

Does Coronavirus and Global Recession Spell the End of Procurement with Purpose?

The concern is that the positive steps we have seen in recent years around sustainable and purposeful procurement will go into reverse. Who cares about de-forestation or modern slavery when millions of jobs in the developed world are at stake?

Peter Smith

March 12, 2020

Analysis, Features

A Coffee Case Study - Even Child Labour Isn't a Simple Procurement With Purpose Issue

Peter Smith

March 12, 2020

Analysis, Features

A Coffee Case Study - Even Child Labour Isn't a Simple Procurement With Purpose Issue

Even child labour is not a simple procurement with purpose issue - as the Nespresso case shows.

Peter Smith

March 5, 2020

Analysis, Features

Climate Change, Coronavirus and the China Crisis - A Tipping Point for Global Buisness?

Peter Smith

March 5, 2020

Analysis, Features

Climate Change, Coronavirus and the China Crisis - A Tipping Point for Global Buisness?

We’ve had 30 years or so of uninterrupted growth in global trade and an approach to business that relied on outsourcing (at micro and macro levels) and global approaches to sourcing and selling. Perhaps that is about to change.

Peter Smith

March 1, 2020

Features, People

What Procurement with Purpose Means to Me - Peter Smith

Peter Smith

March 1, 2020

Features, People

Peter Smith is one of the founders of the Procurement with Purpose movement. Here, he explains why this topic matters to him.

Peter Smith

February 12, 2020

Analysis, Features

Davos Pledges and Procurement with Purpose

Peter Smith

February 12, 2020

Analysis, Features

Davos Pledges and Procurement with Purpose

At the Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) recently, there was much talk of sustainability, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the issues that are central to Procurement with Purpose.