Part 1: Tuesday 9 March 2021, 9 - 12.30pm

Part 2: Wednesday 10 March 2021, 9 - 12.30pm

This workshop covers how to effectively incorporate social, local economic and environmental objectives and corporate social responsibility into procurement practice, as part of a triple bottom line approach.

• Social and sustainable procurement contextualised for local government opportunities
• The legal and policy environment for social and sustainable procurement in Australia
• International and Australian case studies
• Opportunity analysis and planning
• Balancing procurement objectives
• Different approaches to specifications, evaluation and performance monitoring
• Understanding and engaging the supply market
• Managing and monitoring performance measuring success
• Becoming social and sustainable procurement ready communication and education
• Creating a program for sustainable change

By integrating social procurement practice into mainstream thinking, organisations can build a competitive advantage and directly demonstrate their capacity to add social and economic value to their deliverables in a cost neutral or cost effective way.

To find out more about Local Buy visit localbuy.net.au.

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