Monthly Archives: September 2011

Global advisory firm Deloitte is teaming with the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), the Pacific Institute and the German International Development Agency (GIZ) to develop the CEO Water Mandate Water Action Hub.

Illegitimate use of corporate credit cards at the Metropolitan Police resulted in six convictions and 34 facing disciplinary action.

Reducing purchasing options for stakeholders has cut the supply base, costs and boosted sustainability at the university in North East England.

Walmart’s chief of global sourcing has announced plans to step aside next year as the retail giant readies itself for a personnel shakeup.

JSW Steel, the third largest steel producer in India by capacity, has announced that it may have to shut its key plant in Karnataka if supplies of iron ore did not improve after it missed its output forecast for FY12.

The British regional organisation of the Bosch Group has signed a five-year agreement, worth in excess of £10m, to outsource warehousing and distribution of the lawn and garden product division of Bosch Power Tools in the UK.

Mars has promised to “explore how best to scale up” its purchases of Fairtrade cocoa over the long term.

‘Include the wider business when implementing purchase-to-pay and provide training,’ CPOs advise.

A public procurement passport that could make tendering easier and less costly for small firms has won the approval of Members of the European Parliament after being recommended by MEP Heide Rühle.

Fewer than half of buyers have plans to improve pre-qualification questionnaires despite criticism.