
Sustainable Procurement
A Practical Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain
Jonathan O'Brien(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 3. April 2023
Book
Hardback
536 pages
978-1-3986-0470-4 (ISBN)
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Description
The business case for sustainability is clear and organizations are responding to the imperative to act. But with 50-70% of the change needed involving the supply base, procurement and supply chain functions are critical to success.
Sustainable Procurement
explains how procurement and supply chain professionals can develop existing best practice approaches to make supply side sustainability a reality. Based around the OMEIA® Sustainable Procurement process, this book provides a step-by-step and highly practical methodology that embeds sustainable procurement into existing proven procurement approaches. It also provides crucial new tools that equip and enable those in this field to drive highly effective supply-side sustainability.
By exploring the current landscape and the business case for sustainability,
Sustainable Procurement
makes sense of how we can translate good ambition into prioritised grass roots level change. Guidance is offered on how procurement can help redefine what an organisation does based upon what needs to change in its supply base. There are extensive resources to help determine hot spot risk areas, assess suppliers, and determine and prioritise where to direct our precious resources. It also provides new models for 'sustainable value engineering' to help organisations transform what and how they buy. Written by leading procurement expert and best-selling author,
Jonathan O'Brien
, this practical guide outlines how to establish sustainable procurement as a key strategic enabler to reduce supply-side risk and drive action to respond to detrimental impacts in the supply base.
Reviews / Votes
"This is the most insightful - and perhaps more importantly - the most useful book on sustainable procurement. Jonathan O´Brien shows us how to weave Category management and SRM together and use it as leverage to enable sustainable supply chains. Sustainable Procurement is undoubtedly one of the most important sources of knowledge for our own transformation to sustainable sourcing."More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1355 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3986-0470-4 (9781398604704)
Schweitzer Classification
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A Practical Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain
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Author
Jonathan O'Brien is the CEO of Positive Purchasing Ltd, based in Plymouth, UK. With over 30 years of experience, he has helped equip global organizations to increase their purchasing capability through digital platforms, training, education and working directly with practitioners and executive teams. He is the author of Supplier Relationship Management, Negotiation for Procurement and Supply Chain Professionals, The Buyer's Toolkit, and Sustainable Procurement, all published by Kogan Page.
Content
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- Chapter - 00: Introduction;
- Section - ONE: Our current situation;
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- Chapter - 01: Situation planet Earth 1 - the planet;
- Chapter - 02: Situation planet Earth 2 - people;
- Chapter - 03: Homosapiens - extinct in a hundred years?;
- Section - TWO: The sustainability imperative;
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- Chapter - 04: Introducing sustainable procurement;
- Chapter - 05: The business case for sustainable procurement;
- Chapter - 06: Setting the direction for sustainability;
- Section - THREE: Sustainable Procurement;
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- Chapter - 07: Assessing the supply base;
- Chapter - 08: Prioritizing risks, impacts and opportunities;
- Chapter - 09: Evaluating potential sustainable procurement projects;
- Chapter - 10: Making what we buy sustainable;
- Chapter - 11: Driving sustainability in our suppliers;
- Chapter - 12: Audit and assessment of suppliers;
- Chapter - 13: Driving sustainability in the supply chain;
- Chapter - 14: Making it happen, measuring outcomes and driving success;
- Chapter - 15: Appendices