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Sustainable Procurement

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SP 101- Sustainable Procurement at Ŀ;

Course Objective

Ŀ; is committed to Sustainable Procurement and the use of its supply chain to bring about positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes. This course provides an introductory overview of Sustainable Procurement at Ŀ; and explains how individual faculties, departments, and administrative units can support the University’s sustainability objectives through sustainable purchasing in their areas. This course is made available to interested Ŀ; community members through HR’s Organizational Development program. The course is mandatory for units seeking the higher levels of the Sustainable Workplace certification and can be offered, on-demand, to units seeking such certifications.

Course: SP 101
Prerequisites: None
Duration: 2 hours
Course format: Training workshop
Course material: None

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In this training workshop you will learn:

  • How procurement (by Procurement Services) and purchasing (by faculties, departments and units) at Ŀ; can support the University’s sustainability objectives.
  • How Sustainable Procurement at Ŀ; has developed, what are the current activities under this program, and how your unit can contribute to this effort through its own purchasing activities.
  • How to apply lifecycle thinking to purchasing activities in your faculty, department or unit.
  • How to identify, understand, and reduce the social and environmental risks in your purchasing activities.
  • How to support purchases from social economy, indigenous, and other diversity suppliers.
  • How to choose more sustainable goods and services and interact with suppliers in order to promote their involvement.
  • How using the concept of “total cost of ownership” can help inform more sustainable purchasing.

Participants will be encouraged to:

  • Interact with their peers in break-out sessions.
  • Discuss their current purchases (types of products and services) and explore possible social and environmental criteria for more sustainable options.
  • Explore various certifications and eco-labels and how these can support more sustainable purchases.
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