GETTING STARTED
The responsibilities, targets and commitments of our members are reflected in the work that we do and our Sustainable Procurement Strategy. Our goal is to support our members to achieve value for money through sustainable collaborative procurement.
- PEOPLE – Develop procurement staff with an advanced level of sustainable procurement knowledge
- POLICY – Implement policies where sustainability is embed and which will facilitate sustainable procurement activities.
- PROCESS – Embed sustainability into all process and develop tools for a robust method of whole life costing.
- ENGAGEMENT- Engage with suppliers to ensure that they recognise that sustainability is key to all consortium activities.
- MEASUREMENTS & RESULTS – Develop NETpositive Supplier Engagement Tool to measure performance and produce targets and KPIs.
You can find further resources and tools such as the UKUPC Responsible Procurement Strategy on the RESOURCES & TOOLS page.
For Suppliers
We launched a tool in partnership with NETpositive Futures, The University of Manchester, TUCO, NEUPC and SUPC aimed to help you demonstrate to our members your commitment and actions towards sustainability. For more information, you can access the Supplier Resource Area by clicking here.