Sustainable Development Issues
DfT is committed to identifying and reducing, on a cost-effective basis, the sustainable risk associated with the goods and services it buys. Our procurement activity will reflect best sustainability practice and we will implement a programme of measures designed to improve our sustainable procurement capability and identify, and address, areas of high risk and impact.
In particular, we will:
- Comply with all relevant sustainability regulation and other requirements;
- Undertake a programme of training for procurement staff
- Raise awareness of sustainable procurement across the Department through specific training, information and publicity
- Develop an action plan to improve our capability against which we will monitor and review progress
- Review our procurement activity to identify sustainability risks and impacts, prioritise these and develop measures to address them
- Ensure that our suppliers and contractors are encouraged to reduce the sustainable impact of the goods and services they provide
- Measure our progress against the UK Government Procurement Action Plan "Flexible Framework".
More Information
The UK Government Sustainable Procurement Action Plan can be viewed here. There is also a great deal of information of interest to both purchasing officers and suppliers on the procurement pages of the Government's Sustainable development website.