Integrating sustainable practices into your procurement strategy
Sara Redmond-Neal Oil & Gas Procurement Leaders Forum
25 November 2013
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• Not-for-profit organisation with a mission to increase procurement of more sustainable products and services
• Over 12 years’ experience in sustainable procurement with government and business clients
• Now part of the Net Balance Management Group
Capacity Building
Knowledge Base & Advisory
Training & Events
Tools & Resources
Peer Learning & Networks
What is sustainable procurement?
Using procurement to support wider social, economic and environmental objectives, in ways that offer real long-term benefits.
Sustainable Procurement Task Force (UK DEFRA 2006)
Objectives: • Minimising resource use (demand management, recycled
content) • Minimising negative impacts of products (pollution, energy
use, waste) • Ensuring fair terms and ethical labour standards are met • Providing opportunities for small, diverse and social benefit
organisations
Why do it
• Aligning with company sustainability policy and objectives
• Value for money
– Resource efficiency
– Achieving community objectives through procurement
Corporate reputation
• Customer expectations – social media
• Employee engagement – walking the talk
• Shareholders – nonfinancial risk
Competitive advantage
• Meeting sustainability specifications in customer tenders
• Working with suppliers to innovate, offer preferred product
• Prepared for regulation – staying ahead of the curve
Best practice procurement
Combining strategic sourcing practice with sustainable procurement
excellence achieves the best outcome and maximum business value.
Context
• Demand from buyers in tenders - TfNSW
• Lack of sustainable suppliers available – long-term supplier engagement and partnership
• Lack of influence over suppliers – collaboration
• Key risk categories
– Exploration
– Asset construction
– Production & Transmission
– Greenhouse gas emission
– Water use
– Health & safety
– Community
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Embedding sustainable procurement
Procurement Process
Source: Forum for the Future
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Supplier engagement
Signalling – London 2012
Potential first steps
1. Update procurement policy to include sustainability considerations
2. Use a code of conduct to give guidelines on issues relating to purchasing management
3. Internal training and education to equip purchasing employee with sufficient knowledge to work with suppliers
4. Monitor suppliers 5. Draw up improvement plans 6. Educate, inform and support suppliers 7. Reject less responsible suppliers, reward leaders 8. Report on efforts and performance 9. Join and promote industry collaboration efforts.
Last word
• Long-term process
• Improve your suppliers, they will theirs, and on
• Start the conversation
Workshop Wednesday to learn more!
Sara Redmond-Neal Business Program Manager
[email protected] 8641 6442
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