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CLARE POULTER DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OGCbuying.sol
utions LIVERPOOL
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APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL PURCHASING
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• Treasury
• OGC
• Office of Government Commerce
• OGCbuying.solutions Executive Agency

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• Mission
• To provide the best buying solutions for our
  customers

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• The cop out position we will do the green bit
  if and when our customers demand it

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• Treasury advice historically has focussed on the
  primacy of value for money (vfm)
• And on process/regulations
• Easy for buyers to pose green policies AGAINST
  procurement policies

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• However
• This is usually a false dichotomy
• In any case Government is becoming more
  aggressive on a positive sustainability agenda
  (SDRs)
• And from a political perspective, procurement
  LOOKS too effective a tool to ignore

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• Recent EU clarification has moved things on
  noticeably

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• Suggestions for OGC
• Recognise that there is a customer NEED here
• Best Practice Guidance on incorporating
  Sustainability into procurement projects
• Include a sustainability question at each
  Gateway Review for major projects

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• Get Governments act together on sharing SUPPLIER
  information
• Co-ordinate with the Green Ministers so that the
  procurement community receives a consistent
  message

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• Business Summary 1 billion
• GCat
• Portfolio
• GTM
• Energy

The most PRODUCT related
Not to disregard services .
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OGCbuying.solutions - Existing initiatives

• Watermark
• Saving 60 million for the public sector
• Lessons
• - even if you know where you can save, investment
  is problematic

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• 2. Recycled Paper
• Make available at a comparable price
• Lessons
• - We CAN influence the market
• - The vehicle needs to be user friendly

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• 3. Green Electricity
• Now buy 100GW, to meet GM targets, barely a green
  premium

• Lessons
• Clear target set for departments helped
• - Energy managers, less squeamish than other
  about specifying green

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• 4. Furniture
• Government mandated to buy from sustainable
  forests

• Lessons
• - Long lead time to get things to happen
• - Need for a clear, co-ordinated statement of
  what we are trying to do
• - But there is a lot of good stuff happening at
  the suppliers end

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• The future (1)
• Suppliers information RELATIVELY easy
• Product is harder, but probably what our
  customers really want
• Not yet explored the green option fully

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• Likely to end up with a hybrid model

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• Suppliers commitment to manage THEIR supply
  chain for wholesalers
• 2. Generic supplier commitment over their whole
  product range, e.g furniture
• Product SPECIFIC information, e.g white goods
  (looking at third party options)
• Offer a green alternative

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• Product choice easier where there are accepted
  standards, e.g energy rating

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• The future (2)
• Influencing the market forthcoming regulations
• Suppliers planning for change
• Innovation?
• Working with SDU