Sustainable Procurement Getting Started

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Sustainable ProcurementGetting Started
Shaun McCarthyDirectorAction Sustainability
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Welcome
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Business Case

• 10 minute exercise
• What is the business case for sustainable
  procurement?
• What elements would you consider to build the
  case?

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Why?
Stakeholder demands
Employee expectations
Customer requirements
Benchmarking
Risk management
Legislation Standards
Business efficiencies
Impact Reduction (environmental)
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Why?
BAA Stakeholder Survey 2003 Q13. To what extent
does a sustainable development approach make
growth more acceptable?
Definitely
Possibly
Not at all
Business Partners
Passenger Reps
Business Orgs
Employee Reps
Suppliers
Govt Agencies
Retailers
Media
Community Reps
MPs, MEPs
Local Authorities
Pressure Groups
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Why?
Its about risk!
What lies beneath your supply chain?
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Why?
Its about risk!
Press reaction to EA sustainable timber
initiative.
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Sustainability Impacts, Challenges Opportunities
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Sustainability impacts challenges
Pollution Energy use
Resources biodiversity
Human rights ethics
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Sustainability opportunities
Low carbon products
Ethical sourcing
Alternative materials
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Sustainability impacts challenges

• Exercise 15 minutes
• Work in small groups
• Talk about the worst thing that can happen in
  your supply chain and the best thing that can
  happen
• Pick 3 examples and write 3 newspaper headlines
• As it might appear in the Daily Telegraph
• As it might appear in your local paper
• As it might appear in the Sun

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Engaging the Supply Chain
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Engagement Model
Lead by Example
Set Clear Priorities
Raise the bar
Build Capacity
Remove Barriers
Capture Opportunities
Benchmark Improve
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Lead by Example
Lead by Example

• Who is a stakeholder?

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Lead by Example
Lead by Example

• Anybody who thinks they are!

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Lead by Example
Lead by Example
Discussion

• Who are your organisations stakeholders?
• What do they want and why?
• What will happen if you dont deliver it?
• What is the benefit if you do?

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Stakeholder Mapping
Lead by example
Have a go at this when you get back to work
How much they influence you
How much you influence them
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Set Clear Priorities
Set Clear Priorities

• List your organisations top 5 or 6 stakeholders
  and their sustainability priorities
• List the top 5 or 6 sustainability impacts of the
  organisation
• Rank them together in order of importance
• List the top 5 or 6 major supply categories by
  spend
• Construct a matrix to compare the two
• Where should you place your priority efforts and
  why?

Exercise to do when you return
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Set Clear Priorities
Set Clear Priorities
You may end up with something like this
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Thank You
Barbara MortonShaun McCarthyAction
Sustainability
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