Sustainable Procurement: An Introduction to ISO 20400

Sustainable procurement is the application of social and environmental responsibility to procurement policies, processes, and practices, and ISO 20400 is the international standard which sets out best practice for sustainable procurement.

This course provides an overview of the issues involved in implementing a policy sustainable procurement and highlights how ISO 20400 supports this. The topics covered include:

• What sustainable procurement is, and its benefits.
• The drivers for changing to a sustainable approach to procurement
• How ISO 20400 fits into the framework of international standards aimed at supporting businesses moving to ethical and environmentally responsible practices.
• The seven core subject areas in ISO 20400
• The Five Stage sustainable procurement model
• Reviewing the organisation’s current situation in terms of procurement
• Performance measures for sustainable procurement
• Cost analysis when comparing suppliers and sources of supply
• Verifying sustainability in the supply chain

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• Sustainable Procurement: An Introduction to ISO 20400 1:52:25

  • 1: Sustainable Procurement 08:39
  • 2: Introducing ISO 20400 07:30
  • 3: Sustainability in the Procurement Process 06:42
  • 4: Reviewing the Current Situation 06:45
  • 5: Priorities for Sustainable Procurement 10:02
  • 6: Performance Measurement 07:33
  • 7: The Sustainable Procurement Process Part 1 05:10
  • 8: The Sustainable Procurement Process Part 2 09:22
  • 9: Other Issues In Sustainable Procurement 09:42
  • 10: Key Learning Points 10:00
  • 11: Balfour Beatty Sustainable Procurement Guidance for Suppliers 31:00

Many organisations are looking to reduce their climate, social and environmental impacts and are focussing on making their operations more sustainable, ethical and environmentally responsible. A sustainable approach to procurement is one aspect of that journey and this course covers the issues in sustainable procurement along with an overview of ISO 20400 the international standard which provides guidelines for organisation’s wishing to implement sustainable procurement practices

You can use this course to examine your organisation’s supply chain and to plan to improve its social, environmental and ethical impacts.

Key Learning Points

On completion of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Define sustainable procurement and describe its benefits
• Describe the purpose and main elements of ISO 20400
• Conduct a review of their organisation’s current procurement policies and supply chain
• Identify how sustainability practices could be integrated into their procurement process
• Identify their organisation’s priorities for action in sustainable procurement
• Select appropriate performance measures to help manage their sustainable procurement efforts
• Consider the options to verify the sustainability of their supply chain

Curriculum

Lesson 1: Sustainable Procurement

Lesson 2: Introducing ISO 20400

Lesson 3: Sustainability in the Procurement Process

Lesson 4: Reviewing the Current Situation

Lesson 5: Priorities for Sustainable Procurement

Lesson 6: Performance Measurement

Lesson 7: The Sustainable Procurement Process – Part 1

Lesson 8: The Sustainable Procurement Process – Part 2

Lesson 9: Other Issues in Sustainable Procurement

Lesson 10: Key Learning Points

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