Useful Reference Materials

Further websites for information:

Sustainable Procurement Task Force - including link to Procuring the Future:
Follow this link for more information.

The Government has now accepted the recommendations and launched its own action plan:
Follow this link for more information.

The Canny Buyer - a sustainable procurement project in Scotland, including lots of guidance and resources:
http://www.cannybuyer.com/

HEFCE consultation on sustainable procurement in Higher Education:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2006/06_33a/

Proc-HE - the three UK funding councils and the higher education representative bodies have established a joint funding group to support good practice in procurement in universities and HE colleges. Implementation is in the hands of a group of procurement professionals drawn from the sector, operating under the name Proc-HE:
http://www.proche.ac.uk/index.html

LSC guide to procurement for Further Education:
Download this PDF file for more information.

Carbon Reduction Labels - The Carbon Trust has launched a new carbon reduction label to provide a measure of a product's carbon footprint (embodied GHG emissions) across its life cycle from source to store, to disposal of the finished product (excluding in-use emissions):
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/carbon/briefing/carbon_label.htm