Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The 4R’s of sustainable procurement


Show how your product/service can Reduce, Reuse, Recycle or Rethink to help you score maximum points for Sustainability questions in tenders.
Sure, knowing your Carbon Footprint from your shoe size is important (maybe even mandatory in some cases) but a well crafted “story” about how your product/service helps reduce (waste, emissions, effort…); or allows for reuse (either physically in consumables or reuse of existing knowledge); or recycling or even rethinking existing systems and processes to make them more sustainable.
Don’t forget also that sustainability is about more than just the environment. Make sure you show that your organization is financially, socially and environmentally sound.