CIPS Sustainable Procurement review has two parts:

• Part 1: Practices review
• Part 2: Expenditure review

Each part consists of:

• An online questionnaire
• An audited review (which takes 2 days)

Achieving a Sustainable Procurement Review award demonstrates that an organisation’s procurement and supply function meets the UK and European legislation and aspirations on sustainability.

Your organisation will be audited by one of our dedicated and qualified sustainability auditors. During the audit you will have access to an online self-assessment tool to guide you through each stage and help you to keep track of your results.  Passing the review will result in globally recognised sustainability awards from the world’s leading procurement institute to either a gold, silver or bronze level.  Each award is valid for 18 months.

Sustainable Procurement Review is designed to promote and create efficiencies in the procurement part of your organisation and can reduce the cost of wastage in other areas of your business. In addition to saving money, this can have a positive impact on the environment and a positive impact on customers who are increasingly demanding products and services that have been produced in a socially and environmentally responsible way.

Download our Sustainable Procurement Review presentation for more information. 

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Reputation: CIPS Sustainable Procurement Review enhances an organisation’s reputational status by providing an award to organisations that are operating their procurement function in an economically, socially and environmentally responsible way.  It provides evidence of sustainable procurement for shareholders, customers and staff

Efficiency: reduces the economic, social and environmental impact of procurement and supply, eliminating waste and reducing cost

Competitiveness: awards your organisation's achievement, providing evidence that your procurement function is adhering to best practice in sustainable procurement, helping your organisation in achieving a competitive edge

Continuous improvement: a comprehensive report is provided with recommendations for continuous improvement

 "The UNOPS Procurement & Supply Chain Practice Group (P&SCPG) as part of its recent CIPS certification undertook the newly established Sustainable Procurement Review. UNOPS has been developing its Sustainable Procurement capacity since 2008, the review proved to be a very useful exercise, allowing us to take stock of our progress against  the very well developed framework of sustainable procurement review.

The framework of the sustainable procurement review provides a very good roadmap upon which to base the future development of our sustainable procurement competence while providing the opportunity for benchmarking against other actors in this area."

Niels Ramm, Procurement Office, UNOPS

The CIPS Sustainable Procurement Review costs just £2000 + VAT per audit, which is valid for 18 months. It possesses a good return on investment (with substantial savings to be made in minimising wastage) and is equally useful for SMEs and larger organisations.

Register now for your organisation’s access to the CIPS Sustainable Procurement Review.

Alternatively if you would like further information on the CIPS Sustainable Procurement Review please contact us now.

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