Including the closely related term procurement policies.
… Waste reduction Health & Wellbeing Air Quality Resident comfort Biodiversity 2 Identify how to integrate ‘sustainability’ into procurement requirements (contract procedure rules) and update our procurement strategy. This could include, ensuring that there is consideration of carbon impact into procurement policies and processes, for goods, works and services…
…. Prioritising low carbon alternatives helps to reduce our total carbon footprint in relation to supply chains. Short term Procurement & Contracts Officer Within existing budget Sustainability / carbon policy incorporated in updated procurement strategy Council & Borough Medium Lower impact products Local sourcing 3 Identify the Council’s most significant suppliers…
… in terms of carbon emissions and seek to proactively engage with them to establish a more accurate carbon footprint of the goods and services they supply and ways in which they can reduce emissions. Reduced emissions from our procurement (scope 3 emissions) Medium term Procurement & Contracts Officer Within existing budget Top suppliers in terms of carbon emissions…