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Discover the very latest thinking on sustainable procurement


Sustainability is a not for profit social enterprise registered as a Community Interest Company. Our aim is to continuously extend, lead and inspire sustainable procurement, by extending the boundaries of best practice. We provide consultancy, training, benchmarking, research, case studies and support.

To help procurement professionals understand how to embed sustainability into their role, Action Sustainability has developed both foundation level and advanced level sustainable procurement training courses, using the principles recommended by BS 8903. We have also developed a sustainable procurement in construction training course, aligned to the principles recommended by BS 8903 and the CIRIA construction guide.

For a full listing of sustainable procurement training courses, including dates and locations, click here >>

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responsibility
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Challenges in implementing SP strategy

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Award
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Shaun McCarthy, director at Action Sustainability, discusses the current trends in sustainable procurement, including whether companies are now more interested in socially, rather than environmentally, beneficial schemes.

Kieran Brocklebank, head of strategy and performance,
supply chain and commercial at United Utilities, explains the challenges of and shares some tips on how to implement sustainable procurement in an organisation.

Andrew MacAskill, supply
chain director at Skanska UK, discusses how winning the
CIPS Supply Management Award for best corporate responsibility raised the profile of sustainable procurement at the company.
 
    



BS8903 - what's its all about? 


The world's first standard for sustainable procurement, BS 8903: Principles and Framework for Procuring Sustainability, was launched in 2010. As the lead technical authors of the standard, Action Sustainability are perfectly placed to help you to apply the standard and embed sustainable procurement into your own organisation. Click the short video below to get your introduction.

 

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TRAINING COURSES AND EVENTS


Please find below all of the current scheduled training events. If you have specific needs that are not met by these courses, please do not hesitate to contact us.


 

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