Social and sustainable procurement objectives and outcomes

Find out what objectives and outcomes the Victorian Government aims to achieve through social procurement.

  • 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.

Social procurement objectives and outcomes

Table 1 Victorian Government’s social procurement objectives

Social procurement objectivesOutcomes 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 objectivesOutcomes 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

Tools and support

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.

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