Supplies Overall score
Sustainable organizations use sustainable procurement to acquire their materials, goods, and services.
Four-part definition of Sustainable Procurement (SP): Sustainable procurement ensures that buyers ...
  1. obtain the best value for money when purchasing ...
  2. the most sustainable goods and services ...
  3. from the most sustainable suppliers ...
  4. in support of the buying organization’s stated purpose and strategic goals.
Implementation progress
Which of these milestones have you achieved on your journey toward full implementation of a sustainable procurement system? (Check all that apply)
"We do not currently monitor and record our use of sustainable procurement, or we do not use sustainable procurement.
(If selected, delete the sample percentages and skip to the next question.)
We have a sustainable procurement policy.
We have assigned a staff leader to implement our SP system.
We have done a hot-spot analysis to identify ESG risks in our supply chains.
We explore ways to avoid buying new products, before doing so.
We have done a spend analysis to identify priority categories and stakeholders.
We have a strategy and a staged plan to implement an SP system.
We monitor and record our use of sustainable procurement.
Approximate percentage of last year's purchases, by value, that used our sustainable procurement system
We have set targets for our SP system implementation, and continuously improve in order to meet the targets.
We have a goal of using sustainable procurement in 100% of our procurement, regardless of organization growth.
Bid Appraisal weightings
"Bid Appraisal weightings
A sustainable procurement process assigns significant weight – at least 10% – to each of the four criteria in the above definition, when evaluating bids. It ensures that each criterion receives meaningful consideration and makes them matter.
(Overwrite the sample illustrative weights with the weights used in your bid appraisal process.)"
Weight used in our Bid Appraisal process How the weight used in our Bid Appraisal process compares to 10%
Weighting for how well the proposed product meets sustainability specs.
Weighting for supplier enterprise-level sustainability performance.
Weighting for Total Cost / Value of Ownership (TCO) calculations, if appropriate
Weighting for the acquisition’s alignment with our purpose, mission, goals, etc.