Social and sustainable procurement objectives and outcomes

The Government seeks to increase the value of procuring goods, services, and construction.
The Government’s social procurement objectives are outlined in Table 1.
The Government’s sustainable procurement objectives are outlined in Table 2.

Table 1 Victorian Government’s social procurement objectives

Social procurement objectives	Outcomes sought
Opportunities for Victorian Aboriginal people	Purchasing from Victorian Aboriginal businesses Employment of Victorian Aboriginal people by suppliers to the Victorian Government
Opportunities for Victorians with disability	Purchasing from Victorian social enterprises and Australian Disability Enterprises Employment of Victorians with disability by suppliers to the Victorian Government
Women’s equality and safety	Adoption of family violence leave by Victorian Government suppliers Gender equality within Victorian Government suppliers
Opportunities for Victorian priority jobseekers	Purchasing from Victorian social enterprises Job readiness and employment for Victorian priority jobseekers by suppliers to the Victorian Government
Supporting safe and fair workplaces	Purchasing from suppliers that comply with industrial relations laws and promote secure employment
Sustainable Victorian social enterprise and Aboriginal business sectors	Purchasing from Victorian social enterprises and Aboriginal businesses
Sustainable Victorian regions	Job readiness and employment for people in regions with entrenched disadvantage

Sustainable procurement objectives and outcomes

Table 2 Victorian Government’s sustainable procurement objectives

Sustainable procurement objectives	Outcomes sought
Environmentally sustainable outputs	Project-specific requirements to use sustainable resources and to manage waste and pollution Use of recycled content in construction
Environmentally sustainable business practices	Adoption of sustainable business practices by suppliers to the Victorian Government
Implementation of the Climate Change Policy Objectives	Project-specific requirements to minimise greenhouse gas emissions Procurement of outputs that are resilient against the impacts of climate change

The content on this page is taken from Victoria’s Social Procurement Framework. Access a PDF version in the social procurement document library.

For more information about social procurement, please contact the Social Procurement team.

Updated 31 August 2023