Purpose driven procurement practices have the potential of shaping a huge section of the economy. With our current climate crises, we need more incentives to reduce the CO2 our societies are producing. I've outlined the bigger picture within this article Innovation, Procurement and Sustainability but have this as a place for rough notes and examples.
Renamed from bcorp-contracting to make it more general.
Providing example language for contracts and RFPs to:
- help encourage Certified B Corporations (B Corp) adoption
- more diverse business ownership (women, indigenous, worker owed businesses)
- support carbon neutral and other sustainable businesses
- If we want to encourage adoption of B Corps, we have to influence the procurement process
- If companies are going to go through the effort to make the conversion to B Corps, they need to see that there is demand
- Organizations need to show that price isn't the only factor in their decision making
In the selection process for this RFP, we will give preference to companies who are Certified B Corporations (B Corp).
B Corp and other purpose driven entities will be given preference in the selection process.
- http://tradecommissioner.gc.ca/businesswomen-femmesdaffaires/supplierdiversity-diversification-des-fournisseurs.aspx?lang=eng
- https://openconcept.ca/blog/mike/drafting-procurement-policy
- https://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/doing-business-with-the-city/social-procurement-program/
- BCorp Supply Chain Survey PDF https://bit.ly/2IQQm18
- BCorp Best Practice Guide: Creating Impact through Purchasing
- Connxus Diversity Database
- The best collection of sample language I've seen is from the Chancery Lane Project's Climate clauses.
- https://www.cooperators.ca/en/About-Us/about-sustainability/sustainable-purchasing.aspx
- http://nba.greensports.org/front-office/purchasing-policy/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_procurement
- https://www.iisd.org/business/tools/bt_green_pro.aspx
- https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32573
- https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/ae-gp/pae-gpp-eng.html
- https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/ae-gp/paer-cgpp-eng.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160404164054/http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/resources/
- https://www.oecd.org/gov/public-procurement/green/
- https://www.barcelona.cat/digitalstandards/en/ict-procurement/0.1/context#framework-of-reference-sustainable-public-procurement