Including the closely related term procurement process.
… developed to ensure that the climate emergency is embedded in every stage of the procurement process, including adding text into the contract procedural rules and updating text in the specification guidance, tender documents and contract management plan. We will also ensure that the climate emergency is fully considered in the Social Value Guidance that is currently being developed. We will also…
… to lead by example and to have more accredited ‘carbon literate’ staff than any other local authority. Staff climate forum – this is being set up to allow interested members of staff to meet regularly and make their own suggestions on how the council can deliver their response to the climate emergency and to build further momentum in the organisation. Procurement – in 2017-2018…
…, the council spent in excess of £800 million on the procurement of its goods, works and services. That level of spending each year can have a massive influence on the big issues that the city face, including how we deal with the climate emergency and biodiversity loss. It is therefore essential that every pound spent fully considers and minimises the implications for these issues. Guidance is being…
… be working directly with a set of ‘priority’ procurements, which have high expenditure, large environmental impacts and/or are due for renewal soon to reduce their climate impact. In a separate paper on this Agenda, the Parks and Countryside Service have brought forward an extensive tree planting proposal. 3.3.19 As a further example of how a service can revise its practise, the Events…