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Category Archives: Sustainability
Government aims ethical programme at NHS buyers
Procurement staff will receive free training in ethical buying through a Department of Health-funded initiative.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Sustainability
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Government aims ethical programme at NHS buyers
Procurement staff will receive free training in ethical buying through a Department of Health-funded initiative.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Sustainability
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Walmart announces sustainability commitments
Mike Duke, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, says the company will design more sustainable products and make its supply chain more socially and environmentally accountable.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Sustainability
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Balfour Beatty saves £54 million with recycling scheme
Sustainable procurement projects have helped the construction giant make massive savings through recycling raw materials and reducing energy consumption.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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£20 million up for grabs in energy storage competition
The government is giving businesses the chance to bid for contracts of up to £1 million to design energy storage systems to cut costs and bring new technologies to market.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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World’s top firms fail to report on supply chain water use
None of the firms in the Fortune 250 reported on the total water use of their supply chain in the past year, and just three included a water footprint for part of it.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Risk & continuity, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Supplier diversity boosts innovation and competition
But 86 per cent of businesses cite a push toward global sourcing as the biggest barrier to implementing a diverse supply chain.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Southern Africa, SRM, Sustainability
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Supplier diversity boosts innovation and competition
But 86 per cent of businesses cite a push toward global sourcing as the biggest barrier to implementing a diverse supply chain.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, Southern Africa, SRM, Sustainability
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John Lewis Partnership on target to cut emissions
The retail group says educating its buying teams has placed the company on track to cut carbon dioxide by 15 per cent by 2020.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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Grocery sector cuts supply chain waste
UK retailers and suppliers reduced waste by 8.8 per cent in two years, ahead of the three-year target of 5 per cent.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Sustainability
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