SORTED Guide to Sustainability in Further Education – Part 6 - Partnerships and engagement – 6.2 Partnerships & Engagement: procurement and supplier engagement

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Introduction to the topic area

Procurement and in particular Sustainable Procurement, is one of the key drivers of change in any institution and is increasingly becoming a key mechanism for policy delivery and cost reduction. All public procurement in the UK is required to achieve value for money and is governed by the public procurement rule to ensure that it is fair and open. Colleges in the UK spend millions of pounds each year undertaking capital projects and buying goods and services. Increasingly, institutions are making their spending decisions in a sustainable way and many are adopting sustainable and socially responsible procurement policies. 

Institutions that have a sustainable procurement strategy are taking their commitment a significant step forward, outlining their commitment to making spending decisions in a way that achieves both value for money on a whole life cycle basis, as well as wider economic, social and environmental benefits. 

Organisational value of embedding sustainability in this area

Wider benefits of embedding sustainability in this area

Getting started

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