Environmentally sustainable business practices cover areas such as:
- minimising the use of energy, water and natural resources
- waste management, including maximising resource recovery
- using recycled products and products with low environmental impact
- minimising and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
- habitat and environment protection, and
- travel
Suppliers can adopt environmentally sustainable business practices under a broader framework. This could be an environmental management system.
An environmental management system is designed to:
- ensure organisations manage any environmental impacts their products, services and activities create
- continuously improve environmental performance
An environment management system provides a formal structure to environmental management. It covers areas such as:
- training
- record management
- inspections
- objectives
- policies
For more information about social procurement, contact the Social Procurement team.
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