Sustainable procurement centre of excellence for the higher education sector

The project intends to make demonstrable changes to the way higher education institutions (HEIs) embed sustainable procurement into their standard procedures, practices and policies.

The project will contribute to the Government’s planned efficiency savings for the higher education (HE) budget, and create a centre of excellence in sustainable procurement based at the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium.

The centre will:

• build capacity in sustainable procurement
• develop capability in influencing supply chains
• address process issues
• develop measurement and monitoring tools
• seek to share a better understanding of sustainable development as it relates to procurement in the HE sector.

Total funding : £298,188

Web-site : http://spce.procureweb.ac.uk/index.html