ARCBLUE SERVICES

Social & Sustainable Procurement

Empowering procurement to make sustainable impact every day

At ArcBlue, our mission is to drive positive change through procurement. 

At ArcBlue, we see that there is widespread recognition across society that the world needs to address ESG challenges as a priority. As a result, businesses are broadening their focus to consider the ‘triple bottom line’ as they build socially responsible and sustainable practices into the way they operate.

Companies are increasing their focus on ESG for a number of reasons including regulatory requirements, customer and investor expectations, talent attraction and retention, and competitiveness. Fundamentally, it is the right thing to do for the sake of current & future generations.

Studies also indicate that organisations that integrate social and sustainable procurement practices through their end-to-end procurement processes experience multiple benefits. This is why Social & Sustainable Procurement is a key focus for us at ArcBlue.

Our Social & Sustainable Procurement Expertise

ArcBlue has a well-established Social & Sustainable Procurement practice. Our experts have knowledge and experience working across all facets of the current ESG agenda, incorporating both Sustainable Procurement and Social Procurement practices, including:

SOCIAL EXPERTISE

  • Social Procurement
  • Diversity & Inclusive Employment
  • Economic Development
  • Modern Slavery & Human Rights
  • Indigenous Employment & Procurement
  • Health & Safety

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTISE

  • Sustainable Sourcing
  • Carbon / GHG Footprint
  • Resource Consumption & Energy
  • Waste & Recycling

GOVERNANCE EXPERTISE

  • Supply Chain Management
  • ESG Reporting
  • Risk Management

Our Solutions

Social Procurement

Drive positive change through procurement

  • SOCIAL PROCUREMENT STRATEGY, FRAMEWORKS & POLICY

Review your current organisational practices, compliance with Modern Slavery and the ISO landscape, get strategic advice on projects and tendering and get support to mobilise and embed social procurement programs.

  • SOCIAL PROCUREMENT ANALYTICS

Visualise your impact with Social Procurement Dashboards and create meaningful models to set targets, track progress and report on social procurement activities.

  • SOCIAL PROCUREMENT CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT

Uplift your team’s capability, knowledge, skills and their ability to deliver social outcomes.

  • PLACE-BASED SOCIAL PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS

Design and delivery of place-based partnership programs, using ArcBlue’s expertise to drive local economic development and address disadvantage through local and social procurement and inclusive employment.

Sustainable Procurement

Embed sustainability into your practices

  • SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT MATURITY DIAGNOSTIC

Review how Sustainable Procurement principles are embedded across your end-to-end procurement processes and gain a Roadmap for future improvements​.

  • SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT ANALYTICS

Visualise your spend data on Sustainable Procurement Dashboards that highlight sustainability opportunities & risks, and identify priority areas to focus on​.

  • SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT

Assess individual capability to establish a baseline for Sustainable Procurement capability and identify areas of strength and room for growth in your business.

Need to drive positive change with Procurement?

ArcBlue has a well-established Social & Sustainable Procurement practice. Our experts have knowledge and experience working across all facets of the current ESG agenda, incorporating both Sustainable Procurement and Social Procurement practices.

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