Talk:Sustainable procurement

Sustainable thgfhg Local Authority speak, but what is it exactly?? The definition offered on Wikipedia does not really explain what this subject is in simple, layman terms. Can anybody offer an easier definition?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.70.42 (talk) 21:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Merge Green procurement proposal
I can see no reason not to move the content from Green procurement into this article and replace it with a redirect to this article.

 "There is no single definition of sustainable procurement – not least because sustainability is a contested concept” (see sustainability article)

I think they should stay separate. 'Green' has certain connotations that the general idea of 'sustainability' reaches far beyond, i.e. “with a view to maximising net benefits for themselves and the wider world…" (ibid)



I agree that it could be merged, and also refer to the term "eco procurement" in the search engin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.207.47.60 (talk) 11:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)



I think now the society is joining two ideas into one in order to unify the policy.




 * This merger has been done in the meantime. EMsmile (talk) 09:16, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Updating and improving this article
Hi. I work as a Sustainable Procurement Officer at Durham County Council (UK) - I'm making a number of edits to try to improve this article - feel free to discuss them here. I would be grateful if no-one would undo my edits without first discussing here. - Jamie Thomas

Edits I've made so far:

1. Deleted the phrase "also known as green procurement" from the first line as this is not accurate. Green procurement is about ONLY the environmental impacts of procurement. Sustainable procurement has three aspects of which environment is only one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamiet99uk (talk • contribs) 11:43, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

2. Additional comments regarding quality evalution in the opening section to reflect current procurement practice.

3. Mentioned the links with the wider sustainable development agenda.

Commercial reference to Nootrol
The header of the articles includes a reference to an unknown commercial tool, Nootrol. This is basic marketing ungainst the rules of Wikipedia. Unfortunately I don't know how to delete this article. Can someone do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pierrov (talk • contribs) 10:12, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Central government
The strategy needs updating, no mention of BS8903 - The first British Standard for sustainable procurement — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.215.174.16 (talk) 08:46, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Definition
I would add to this page that there is a widely accepted definition, first published by the UK Sustainable Procurement Task Force in 2006 and since adopted by UNEP and by the Australian Government (and likely others I'm not aware of). It is: "Sustainable procurement is a process whereby organisations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole life basis in terms of generating benefits not only to the organisation, but also to society and the economy, whilst minimising damage to the environment." --Sred8 (talk) 12:29, 3 June 2012 (UTC) I