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Creating a Better PlaceSustainable Procurement in the Environment Agency
Emma Law
Senior Procurement Officer
February 2011
Agenda
Our Mission statement
How - Outline approach
The benefits
External Commitments
Q&A
Procurement Mission
Best Value
Best Practice
Most Sustainable Outcome
Economics
EnvironmentSociety
Sustainability
Fair trade
People & Diversity
Resource Management
Emissions
Management
Development & Innovation
Stability
Procurement Pressures
As a non departmental government body – and part of Defra, we have a constant pressure to ensure we’re spending public money in the best way possible.
On the next slide, we see some of the potential risks involved, both in terms of sustainability, H&S and PR….
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How we do it
Considerations before we buy
Opportunity not to buy?
Can you re-think the need?
Any technological innovations?
Are you buying as little as possible?
Are there opportunities to re-use / buy recycled?
Consider Environmental Impacts
Non-renewable resource use (oil, water, copper)
Energy (think efficiency and environment)
Hazardous materials (REACH)
Emissions to air, land and water (CO2, pollution)
Packaging and waste (recycled, reuse, minimise)
Spares, consumables and maintenance (longevity)
Travel (reduced staff travel, logistics)
Support to EA vision, strategy and EMS
Socio-economic impacts
Community benefits (regeneration zone)
Core labour standards (ILO) (list core standards)
Fair and ethical trade (all heard of fair trade)
Disability, gender and race equality (policy, care)
Employment conditions and training issues (pay, H&S)
SMEs, BMEs and the “third sector”, e.g. social enterprises,
charities (remploy)
EA Commitments (Race for Opportunity & Stonewall)
StakeholderValues
Resource
Sustainable
Procurement
Strategy
Risk
Assessment
& Action
Supplier
Management
& Development
Integration into
Procurement
Process
Maintaining
Excellence
Sustainable
Procurement
Marketing
Staff Training
& Awareness
Org Values
SupportFramework
© Environment Agency 2006
StakeholderValues
The benefits
What this approach delivers
VALUE FOR MONEY
environmental and social benefits more efficient use of resourcesgreater social inclusion support for innovation better risk managementlower whole-life costsimproved supplier relationships
Best practise examples
Timber policy best in government
Supplier Audit Programme
Supply chain audit – Textiles – Southern Region won internal award
for their change to fairly traded organic in conversion cotton goods
for corporate clothing
Third sector venue suppliers – Southern has led national move to
not-for-profit sector venue hire in order to support local economies,
charities and save on venue spend
External commitments
The Environment Agency has been working on its sustainable procurement impacts for many years, but this was brought together in 2006, by the central government Sustainable Task Force.
We played a major part in the task force to assess our level of skill in sustainable procurement.
Sustainable Procurement Task Force
The business case in a nutshell
“this is worth doing, there are clear benefits, it can be done, it is not difficult, it will not cost more in the medium term and will show real dividends in the long term”(Sir Neville Simms, “Procuring the Future”, 2006)
Conclusions
What could happen…..
Any questions?
Creating a Better PlaceSustainable Procurement in the Environment Agency
Emma Law
Senior Procurement Officer
February 2011