Corporate Procurement
Sustainability
Sustainable development is about achieving economic growth and community development, while protecting and improving the environment, for now and in the future.
Sooner or later, a damaged environment will hold back economic growth and lower the quality of life. We must make sure that these economic and environmental benefits are available to everyone, no matter what their race, age, sex or social background.
"Sustainable procurement - in short using procurement to support wider social, economic and environmental objectives, in ways that offer real long-term benefits, is how the public sector should be spending taxpayer's money. Anything less means that today's taxpayer and the future citizens are both being short - changed".
Sir Neville Simms in 'Procuring the Future', 2006
Guidance on practical steps when buying on behalf of the council.
London Centre of Excellence Procurement Project|
Learn about how it is working to help the public sector.
UK Government Sustainable Procurement Action Plan 
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The UK Government has presented a package of actions to ensure that supply chains and public services will be increasingly low carbon, low waste and water efficient, respect diversity and deliver wider sustainable development goals.
Small Business Concordat Good Practice Guide|
This Good Practice Guide supports the Small Business Friendly Concordat (Statement of Principles), which has been prepared for Local Authorities in support of the National Procurement Strategy for Local Government.
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