Sustainable Sourcing

Go Green – 24th November 2015

Sally Taylor - Sustainable Procurement AdvisorNina Davenport – Internal Environment Management Advisor

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Quick introductionsWho are you?What’s your role?Do you know which are your highest spend areas?

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EA Background – Who we are?Environmental regulator, advisor, flood prevention.Over ½ our costs (£650M) are spent with suppliers77% of environmental impacts lie in supply chainSuppliers are key to helping us deliver our corporate objectivesConstruction largest spend and risk areaSustainability Plan – supply chain focus

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Key messagesKeep it simple

Efficiencies

Embed

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Session objectivesWhat do you spend your money on? Where to focus your efforts?Simple tools to understand what the risks and opportunities are for your category or spendWhat you should ask suppliersWhat to put in your contracts to manage risks and realise opportunities.

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Exercise 1 - Understanding your impacts

Use the template on your tables to consider the impacts of the spend categories (15 mins)

Environmental Risk

Social Risk

Commercial & Business risk

Corporate priorities

Feedback what you found from this exercise (2 mins per group)

Exercise 2 - Understanding your impacts

IT Equipment /Clothing examplesIdentify top 3 risks/opportunities (5 mins)Take one and work through the procurement cycle (MAT). Use template on your table (10 mins)Volunteer to feedback (2 mins each group)

EA Cloxample

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SummaryKnow your spend dataConsider the impacts:

Environmental RiskSocial RiskCommercial & Business riskCorporate priorities

Determine your priority categoriesManage impacts through procurement lifecycleMonitor, track and review performance

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Sustainable Procurement ToolsDEFRA Flexible FrameworkSpend Prioritisation - DEFRA Prioritisation ToolEA Risk Assessment Tools & Category Guidance - contact sally.taylor@environment-agency.gov.ukWRAP Sustainable Procurement GuidanceGovernment Buying StandardsStandards Map

ANY QUESTIONS?