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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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The Future of Food Security

Enterra Insights

”[1] She went on to discuss how “digitalization is impacting the agricultural sector” and how it, along with new guidelines, can help policymakers “understand how to target key areas to improve and develop this vital sector.” Improve natural dietary guidelines. Increase diversity. Trade Levers.

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IKEA’s IWAY Lessons For Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Furthermore, the guidelines spelled out in IWAY established a new normal for the future of Ikea’s requirements on suppliers. Now bear with me here….

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IKEA’s IWAY Has Lessons For Every Procurement Team!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here! Email Address. What is IWAY?

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

They do not relate to any overall company procurement goals and objectives. Figure 1: SPM Project Stages (Gordon Sherry R, 2008) This organization has created a Procurement Steering Committee with management participation to leverage procurement as a tool to improve business performance. Three key elements are suggested.

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The Sustainable Supply Chain – What is it and how to execute it

Unleashed

National and international guidelines will specify how employees should be treated and what their rights are, including that workers should be: Treated with dignity and respect. Make sure you include teams like procurement which play a significant role in choosing suppliers. Compensated fairly.

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The Drive To 100% Bio-based Plastic Bottles

NC State SCRC

shelf life, recyclability, weight, chemical composition, appearance), but it reduces potential carbon dioxide emissions when compared to PET plastic bottles made from fossil fuels. Virent’s chemical allows the remaining 70% of the bottle to be plant-based.