Peter Smith

June 15, 2021

News, People

Toast, Brewdog and Being a Good Business

Peter Smith

June 15, 2021

News, People

Toast, Brewdog and Being a Good Business

The accusations about Brewdog show how hard it is to be a truly “good” business.

Peter Smith

June 3, 2021

Good practice, Analysis

Buying Social - a Valuable and Insightful New Guide from the European Commission

Peter Smith

June 3, 2021

Good practice, Analysis

Buying Social - a Valuable and Insightful New Guide from the European Commission

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.

Peter Smith

May 26, 2021

Features, People

An Inspiring Sporting Sustainability Story

Peter Smith

May 26, 2021

Features, People

An Inspiring Sporting Sustainability Story

Forest Green Rovers - probably the most sustainable football club in the world

Peter Smith

May 17, 2021

Good practice

The Key Stakeholders for Sustainable Business

Peter Smith

May 17, 2021

Good practice

The Key Stakeholders for Sustainable Business

Understanding stakeholders is key if you want to implement a successful procurement with purpose programme.

Peter Smith

May 6, 2021

Features, People

LOANHOOD – Can Fashion and Sustainability be Compatible?

Peter Smith

May 6, 2021

Features, People

LOANHOOD – Can Fashion and Sustainability be Compatible?

Jade McSorley and her co-founders at start-up LOANHOOD believe they can help make fashion more sustainable and support circular economy concepts.

Peter Smith

April 30, 2021

People, Features

Ninian Wilson – Standing Tall with Vodafone’s Three Pillars (Part 2)

Peter Smith

April 30, 2021

People, Features

Ninian Wilson – Standing Tall with Vodafone’s Three Pillars (Part 2)

Vodafone is taking steps to embed sustainable and purposeful behaviours into its procurement activities and its supply chain.

Peter Smith

April 21, 2021

People, Features

Ninian Wilson – Standing Tall with Vodafone’s Three Pillars (Part 1)

Peter Smith

April 21, 2021

People, Features

Ninian Wilson – Standing Tall with Vodafone’s Three Pillars (Part 1)

Ninian Wilson, procurement leader at Vodafone, explains what the firm is doing around diveristy, inclusion and sustainability - internally and with suppliers..

Peter Smith

April 15, 2021

News, Analysis

Beware the Greenwash! Mark Carney Under Fire for Emissions Claim

Peter Smith

April 15, 2021

News, Analysis

Beware the Greenwash! Mark Carney Under Fire for Emissions Claim

Mark Carney is accused of a “greenwash” when he claims that his firm’s investments are carbon net zero.

Peter Smith

April 6, 2021

Analysis, News

Working with China - Purposeful Business Isn't Always Easy

Peter Smith

April 6, 2021

Analysis, News

Working with China - Purposeful Business Isn't Always Easy

Firms are finding that is is hard to baalance the desire to do business in China with a “purposeful” human rights stance.

Peter Smith

March 25, 2021

Tesco, HSBC and Danone in the Purposeful Business Spotlight

Peter Smith

March 25, 2021

Tesco, HSBC and Danone in the Purposeful Business Spotlight

Tesco and HSBC have responded to shareholder pressure on ESG issues, whlst Danone’s chairman paid the price for poor financial performance

Peter Smith

March 19, 2021

Analysis, Good practice

Are the United Nations SDGs Actually Appropriate?

Peter Smith

March 19, 2021

Analysis, Good practice

Are the United Nations SDGs Actually Appropriate?

The United Nations SDGs (sustainable development goals) are much quoted these days. But they have thier critics too.

Peter Smith

March 3, 2021

People, Analysis

Running Towards Net Zero with Mark Smith of bp

Peter Smith

March 3, 2021

People, Analysis

Running Towards Net Zero with Mark Smith of bp

Mark Smith of energy giant bp explains how the firm is transforming to an alternative energy future, and the key role procurement is playing.

Peter Smith

February 23, 2021

Analysis

The Power of Procurement with Purpose

Peter Smith

February 23, 2021

Analysis

Procurement with purpose is powerful because of the collaborative and multiplicative effects. Buyers are also sellers, and vice versa, so as more and more organisations embrace these concepts, good ideas and good practice will spread rapidly.

Peter Smith

February 15, 2021

Analysis, News

The Economics of Biodiversity – Can We Put a Value on an Elephant?

Peter Smith

February 15, 2021

Analysis, News

The Economics of Biodiversity – Can We Put a Value on an Elephant?

The Dasgupta Review - “The Economics of Biodiversity” - looks at how we could value the assets of the natural world in an economic sense. That would drive conservation and sustainability.

Peter Smith

January 20, 2021

Good practice, People

Positive Impact Commerce – Aiming to Set Standards for Sustainable Business

Peter Smith

January 20, 2021

Good practice, People

Positive Impact Commerce – Aiming to Set Standards for Sustainable Business

Jacqui Archer is developing Postive Impact Commerce ratings to help organisations understand where they are in terms of sustainable and purposeful buisness performance.

Peter Smith

January 12, 2021

Analysis, Good practice

Social Value and Public Procurement - Warning Notes Part 2

Peter Smith

January 12, 2021

Analysis, Good practice

Social Value and Public Procurement - Warning Notes Part 2

Focusing on social value in public procurement has potential but we must be cautious about corruption and barriers to entry

Peter Smith

January 6, 2021

Good practice, Features

Social Value and Public Procurement - Some Warning Notes!

Peter Smith

January 6, 2021

Good practice, Features

Social Value and Public Procurement - Some Warning Notes!

Focusing on social value in public procurement has potential but we must be cautious - it could also go wrong

Peter Smith

December 30, 2020

News, Features

Reasons to Be Cheerful in 2020 - Parts 1 to 10

Peter Smith

December 30, 2020

News, Features

Reasons to Be Cheerful in 2020 - Parts 1 to 10

There are reasons to be cheerful, in areas such as emisisons, the natural world and human rights, even if 2020 has felt like a terrible year.

Peter Smith

December 22, 2020

News

The NHS Aims For Net Zero - Updates From HCSA Conference

Peter Smith

December 22, 2020

News

The NHS Aims For Net Zero - Updates From HCSA Conference

The UK health service aims for net zero carbon - key issues are discussed at the recent HCSA conference

Peter Smith

December 9, 2020

People, Good practice

Oliver Hurrey – Driving Collaboration in Sustainable Procurement

Peter Smith

December 9, 2020

People, Good practice

Oliver Hurrey – Driving Collaboration in Sustainable Procurement

Oliver Hurrey is helping organisations collaborate to dirve sustainable procurement.