UBC Delivering Sustainability

Local Sourcing:Inspiration and Aspiration

Victoria Wakefield SCMP

Purchasing Manager - The University of British Columbia

Fraser Basin Council October 2011

UBC VANCOUVER

The role Supply Chain Management plays

“The supply chain management profession makes a significant contribution to Canada’s economy and is critical to the competitive advantage of all enterprises. Latest research shows that PMAC members control more than $130 billion in annual spend.”

http://www.pmac.ca/en/about-pmac

UBC OKANAGAN

Social PerformanceWorking with Non-profits • Partnership with Starworks and electronic recyclingAboriginal and Minority Issues• Increase number of contract awards to Aboriginal business• Stimulating local economies and small business

Environmental PerformanceWaste Reduction• Increase diversion to 70% - Zero waste Challenge•Work with local companies to use reusable packaging, take back programs and recycling Air Quality• Maintain annual average automobile traffic on campus at or below 1997 per capita levels - deliveries to site and fleet composition

Economic PerformanceIncrease Research Support• formal cost accounting, include transportation, waste, and full life cycle analysis.

Sourcing Local at UBC helps us meet our goals and targets …..

The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS®)

The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS®) is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to gauge relative progress toward sustainability. STARS was developed by AASHE with broad participation from the highereducation community.

STARS is designed to:

1. Provide a framework for understanding sustainability in all sectors of higher education.2. Enable meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements developed with broad participation from the campus sustainability community.3. Create incentives for continual improvement toward sustainability.4. Facilitate information sharing about higher education sustainability practices and performance.5. Build a stronger, more diverse campus sustainability community.

UBC Food Services – Sustainable Food and Beverage Purchasing

Program

UBC Food Services defines "local food" as food that has been grown, raised, produced or processed within 150 miles of campus.

UBC Food Services employs procurement personnel who are trained in sustainable sourcing and tender and award contracts and manage departmental procurement needs with a focus on ethical and sustainable criterion.

Preference and weighted criterion is given to local producers and manufacturers

Flavours all that we do:

Your perception is our only disability …a true story

Garbage bags ….

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Government Direction

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, Nov.2007

BC emissions reduced by:33% in 202080% in 2050

Carbon Neutral Public Sector Oct. 1 2007 – business travel

(core government only – CRF)

2010 – operations Carbon Neutral Government Regulation passed Dec. 2008

• What are the social and environmental impacts associated with the products we are sourcing?

• Does your company have a sustainability or environmental policy or statement?

• Do you adhere to, or have alignment with any recognized standards or principles promoting sustainability?

Include “company profile” in your RFP’s

Courier RFP Sustainability weight factor 20%

What are you asking for ?

Applying weight - but how much?

• Supplier profile - 5%• Supplier code of conduct – 5%• Demonstrated commitment to sustainability- 5-10%• Monitoring and verification = proof – 5-10%• With readily available commodities minimum 25%

should/could be equal to price…….

LCarbon management

Biodiesel fuels

GHG reductions

Retrofitting buildings

Responsible travel programs – off setting

Infrastructure energy management – thermal heat recovery systems

Life Cycle Assessment modeling – similar to a food mile model.

Socio/economic

Working with social enterprises

Collaboration with minorities

HR policies

Telecommuting

Local preferences

Green products/services

Standardized goods/services

Easily substituted – i.e. office supplies/janitorial supplies/food supplies

Corporate policies and practices

Third party verification – Greenseal,

Fair-trade, Energy star

Resource conservation

Industry environmental standards

IT standards - EPEAT

Waste water treatment

Recycling/reuse

Energy reduction

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Complexity of specifications

Sustainability criterion – a heuristic model

Making it Work

• Leadership & Engagement

• Teaching & Research

• Critical networking and reporting structures

• Building Social Capital and demonstrated savings

• Global Leadership and Scaling Up

• Aligning & Embedding Sustainability

• Share what you’ve learned

The road ahead looks green……