Sustainable Procurement: The Ultimate Guide to Going Green

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As a procurement professional, you may not yet have a solid understanding of the definition of sustainability and what it truly means to practice sustainability through procurement. But you are no doubt increasingly being tasked with explaining sustainability concepts to others and supporting your organization’s ESG initiatives by adopting sustainable procurement strategies. So where do you begin?

This session will help you become oriented with sustainable procurement by providing an easy-to-understand framework, describing the potential benefits of sustainable procurement, and identifying key drivers for integrating sustainability into procurement. Sarah O'Brien will discuss why a strategic program approach is critical, identify different solution strategy approaches, and provide case study examples of success.

You’ll leave the session with a better understanding of:

Various opportunities to incorporate sustainability considerations throughout the procurement process
Some actionable first steps to put you on the path to success
How sustainable procurement can benefit your organization's bottom line

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March 15th, 2023 at 9:30am PDT, 12:30pm EDT, 4:30pm BST

Brought to you by:

Sarah O'Brien, CEO of the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Sarah O’Brien is CEO of the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC), a nonprofit organization that leads a global community of purchasers, suppliers, advocates, and experts dedicated to building a sustainable world through the power of procurement. SPLC’s public sector and corporate procurement members represent some $800B in annual purchasing power.

Ms. O’Brien is a recognized expert on sustainable procurement and environmentally and socially sustainable electronics. Immediately prior to joining SPLC, she directed the multi-stakeholder Clean Electronics Production Network (CEPN), where leading IT brands, NGOs, and suppliers collaborated toward eliminating worker exposure to toxic chemicals in electronics production. For more than a decade previously, she led global stakeholder engagement with the EPEAT IT hardware sustainability rating tool (which she participated in developing through a US EPA-sponsored process) for the Green Electronics Council.

Earlier, Ms. O’Brien developed and led the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing program of the US nonprofit Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (now Practice Greenhealth), and served as a Senior Outreach Associate for nonprofit INFORM, assisting states and cities across the US to reduce procurement of products containing mercury and other persistent toxins. Prior to entering the field of sustainable procurement, she worked as a state and regional legislative advocate and community organizer for the National Wildlife Federation and Vermont Public Interest Research Group, with a focus on toxics elimination, pesticide regulation, power plant pollution controls, and other environmental health issues.

Sarah O’Brien holds a BA from Yale University and an MA in anthropology from Temple University.

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