A Guide to Sustainable Supply Chains for Procurement Professionals [539 PDF]
Practical help and advice for procurement professionals looking to implement sustainable procurement in their supply chains. Discover what free help and advice is available to you through the Business Resource, Efficiency and Waste (BREW) programme.
Sustainable Procurement Task Force - Response at a Glance.doc [219 KB]
Clear commitment to meet the challenge laid down by "Procuring the Future". Implementation is to be part of the personal objectives of senior staff. There is a clear proposition for leadership from the Ministerial Committee on Energy and the Environment through the Defra Minister acting as "Lead Minister" and a Permanent Secretary Champion. OGC have a role to embed sustainable practice into the procurement profession.
Arnie's at it again!
The “Governator” has just regaled his Californian subjects with an illuminating insight into how to make sustainability work for all those cigar-chomping, beef-eating real men nervous about being seen as a wuss for wearing their green heart on their sleeve.
Business to Business Exhibitions
Business to Business Exhibitions are the only UK based events company specialising in Meet the Buyers, Winning Business, Better People Better Business, Family Business and Meet the Money. Their events and activities are proven to save you months of research, travel, wasted meetings and cold calling - by bringing you 'face-to-face' with the very people you need to meet...
CannyBuyer
"The fundamental aim of sustainable development is to secure the future. We have seen how actions in the past have made life more difficult for us today. Developing sustainably means ensuring that our actions today do not limit our quality of life in the future. So our vision is based on the principles..."
Carbon Label
Climate Change Northwest
Climate Change Northwest is the new regional website exploring the opportunities and challenges that a changing climate presents to England's Northwest. You can use the site to find out how you can help and assist your business , household or school to better understand and manage climate change.
Economic Analysis of Changes to the Building Control Procedures
Green Business Network
Green Business Network (GBN) is an independent, business-led, membership-based local environmental charity working with businesses, and related organisations in Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes and neighbouring areas.
Green games and white elephants
Ever since London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics, the focus has been on making it the "greenest games ever". Whether the plan succeeds or not, at least public attention has been drawn away from the spiralling budget—and concern that the only record the UK will break is for being the first host nation to miss its construction deadline.
New centre of expertise for cutting carbon emissions across Whitehall
New report and toolkit - Buying a better world: sustainable public procurement
Buying a better world explains the importance of considering sustainability in buying decisions.
Partnership in Public Services
Procuring the Future - Sustainable Procurement Task Force National Action Plan
Public Sector Procurement Conference
A conference for all public sector buyers
Regeneration and the 2012 Olympics
Sustainable Communities Award
Sustainable Development Commission
Urgent and radical action needed if Government is to meet sustainability targets
Sustainable Development in Government 2007
Sustainable Procurement Information Network
The Future of Building Control: Consultation
This consultation seeks views on proposals to change the building control system in England and Wales
The Green Source - A Guide to Sustainable Purchasing for the Hotel Industry
The Mayor of London's Responsible Procurement Report February 2008
www.cipfanetworks.net
The complainant requested copies of eight letters sent by the OGC to the relevant Permanent Secretaries following their department’s projects receiving a double red warning in Gateway reports and any replies from the Permanent Secretaries.
www.ciria.org
On November 7th 2006 CIRIA staged a conference on Resource efficiency and waste management - achieving sustainable waste practices at the Millennium Mayfair Hotel in London. The conference was chaired by Professor David Balmforth, CIRIA Non-Executive Director and Senior Principal Engineer, MWH.
www.energy-expo.info
e² - energy solutions expo is dedicated to clean, efficient, sustainable energy consumption within the corporate world. With an audience of over 7,000 visitors, seeking energy products and services to their energy issue. Can you afford not to be there?
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
The Environment Agency has implemented a Management System including environmental and quality matters accredited to both ISO 14001 and 9001. The first part of implementing this system was the identification of our environmental aspects and impacts. One of highest areas identified was Procurement, specifically the annual consumption of £460M of goods and services needed to run the organisation...
www.envirowise.gov.uk
Envirowise offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact...
www.forumforthefuture.org
Forum for the future is a charity that works in partnership with business, the public sector and others to build a sustainable future...
www.forumforthefuture.org.uk
Local authorities and regional organisations have the opportunity, and the grounds, for leading change in ‘normal’ practice, to forge a good example for business, suppliers and the community...
www.ipfprocurement.net
IPF Procurement helps public sector organisations manage ther resources more effectively...
www.londonremade.com
London Remade is in the business of recycling, creating environmental solutions for a sustainable capital. This is achieved through developing markets for recycled content products, providing tailored support to help grow green enterprises and introducing green practices to existing businesses....
www.lsx.org.uk
London Sustainability Exchange provide organisations and networks of individuals with the motivation, knowledge, and connections they need to put sustainability into practice....
www.mtprog.com
The Market Transformation Programme (MTP) supports the development and implementation of UK Government policy on sustainable products. MTP Candidate 2006 Minimum Procurement Specifications
www.oneplanetproducts.com
One Planet Products (OPP) is a membership-only bulk buying initiative focused on making it easier and more cost-effective for housing associations and developers to specify high quality, sustainable building materials and products. OPP provides its members a mechanism through which they will be able to purchase environmental products, materials and services easier and more cost effectively....
www.princeofwales.gov.uk
"Realising Aspirations: Or Using Value for Money to Make the Public Sector More Sustainable" is a report from the Accounting for Sustainability Group...
www.sd-commission.org.uk
www.socenv.org.uk
This is the start of a journey to build a comprehensive resource that will help us connect with our many members, our partners and the general public.
www.sustainabilitylive.com
Sustainabilitylive! taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from the 1-3 May 2007 is the UK’s largest forum for excellence and innovation in environment, water, land and energy.
www.sustainable-build.com
Sustainable Building is a newsletter on energy efficiency and green building from Newzeye, the publisher of Brownfield Briefing
www.sustainable-development.gov.uk
The Government has a crucial role in furthering sustainable development through its procurement of goods, services and buildings. With a budget of some £150bn, the public sector can transform markets so that the private sector can join forces in pursuing sustainable purchasing policies...
www.wrap.org.uk
Waste & Resources Action Programme aims to accelerate resource efficiency by creating efficient markets for recycled materials and products, while removing barriers to waste minimisation, re-use and recycling...
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