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.
There are five key stakeholder groups to consider when we look at sustainable business and how our organisations should respond to opportunities and challenges.
Harvard University’s procurement leaders presented at the recent Jaggaer Rev event and described their impressive supplier inclusion and diversity program - much that others can learn from thier experience.
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.
The recent workshp with Novo-K and public procurement leaders dived into both challenges and positives around sustainable procurement and social value.
The new Social Procurement Manual is well researched, written and presented - a useful resource for anyone interested in this topic or procurement with purpose generally. .
Good news as Unilever and other firms launch programme to support minority-owned businesses.But the procurement profession needs to look at its own diversity issues.