To have a positive impact through our supply chain (ESG)

To have a positive impact through our supply chain

We want to support local economies by creating opportunities for a blended supply chain, including SMEs, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and emerging, innovative high-tech suppliers.

“Last year Inprova procured £245 million worth of goods and services across approximately 3,000 managed contracts. We’re keen to use this supply chain influence to benefit local communities and encourage innovation and environmental outcomes. One way is by looking, forensically, at exactly what we spend with different types of suppliers. Baselining where we are and identifying new goals will help us to increase our spend with smaller suppliers, fledging high-tech firms, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profits.”

Jane BrighouseInprova’s Quality & Compliance Manager Learning and ESG Champion

“Some of our goals are quite challenging, for example increasing spend with voluntary and community sector organisations. But we’re not just treating this as a mathematical goal, it’s about the engagement process – working in partnership with supply organisations, listening to them, finding out about the challenges they face, the ambitions they have – building trust and awareness.”

Neil ButtersHead of Procurement, Inprova

What we’re doing

Monitoring supply chain profile:

Changing onboarding documentation to capture exact size and sector of all suppliers
Baselining spend with different types of suppliers
Identifying where we want to increase spend in 2022
Setting up monitoring mechanisms to see, every month, where we are on spend targets

Identifying opportunities for new suppliers:

Exploring our Dynamic Purchasing Systems to see where new suppliers might fit
Inviting organisations to webinars to introduce Inprova and highlight opportunities

Measuring environmental impact of our procurement activity:

Conducting environmental impact assessment on 100% of framework and DPS tender exercises
Identifying how much a framework/ DPS can influence environmental outcomes
Ensure suppliers are accredited or working towards environmental standard, ISO 14001
Growing environmental score weighting for future sourcing exercises

Re-shaping framework procurement strategies:

Maturing our understanding of the positive impacts of innovation, environmental impact assessment, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) engagement – what does good look like?
Tailoring new frameworks and other procurement solutions so they benefit local communities

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To have a positive impact through our supply chain

We want to support local economies by creating opportunities for a blended supply chain, including SMEs, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and emerging, innovative high-tech suppliers.

What we’re doing

Changing onboarding documentation to capture exact size and sector of all suppliers

Baselining spend with different types of suppliers

Identifying where we want to increase spend in 2022

Setting up monitoring mechanisms to see, every month, where we are on spend targets

Exploring our Dynamic Purchasing Systems to see where new suppliers might fit

Inviting organisations to webinars to introduce Inprova and highlight opportunities

Conducting environmental impact assessment on 100% of framework and DPS tender exercises

Identifying how much a framework/ DPS can influence environmental outcomes

Ensure suppliers are accredited or working towards environmental standard, ISO 14001

Growing environmental score weighting for future sourcing exercises

Maturing our understanding of the positive impacts of innovation, environmental impact assessment, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) engagement – what does good look like?

Tailoring new frameworks and other procurement solutions so they benefit local communities

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