For most organisations the majority of environmental and social impact sits outside the business, in the goods and services it buys. That makes procurement the main lever, and it is why sustainability work that never reaches a specification or an award decision produces reports rather than change.
We work on the part that changes what gets bought: the policy that states requirements rather than values, the hotspot analysis that shows which categories carry the tonnes, the due diligence that separates supplier promises from supplier performance, and the tender criteria weighted heavily enough to decide an award.
A policy built on ISO 20400 that tells a buyer what to do differently, with proportionate rules by value and category risk.
Where the emissions in your purchased goods and services actually sit, and which categories are worth the effort.
Environmental and human rights assessment that distinguishes a policy from a performance record, including modern slavery risk below tier one.
Scope determination, supplier data collection and cost modelling for CBAM and equivalent measures.
Writing commitments that score and that get delivered, for bidders and for the authorities evaluating them.
Specification for durability, reuse and recycled content, and an assurance trail that stands up to scrutiny.
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Estimate the footprint across the spend ledger, rank by impact, and identify the handful of categories that carry most of it.
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Requirements written as rules a buyer follows, with decision points where the policy actually bites.
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Data requests that get answered, due diligence proportionate to risk, and evidence rather than assertion.
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Requirements into specifications and award criteria, commitments into contract KPIs, and an audit trail behind every published number.
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Self-study · 10 modules
Sustainability decided at the point of purchase: the ISO 20400 framework, a policy that survives a board, Scope 3 hotspots, environmental and human rights due diligence on suppliers, tender criteria that change the award, social value, CBAM and circular specification.
£200
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