Morning keynote address: Sustainable Procurement in the Public Sector

• The Sustainable Development in Government Report
• Accountability for sustainable operations from the top of the civil service
• Signs of improvement?
• Government waste and recycling
• Procurement quick wins
• Government buildings and BREEAM assessment
• SOGE targets and performance agreements
• SPOB’s Sustainable Practitioners Forum
• Good news – the Government’s response to the SDC Report

Jonathon Porritt, Programme Director Forum for the Future, Chairman Sustainable Development Commission (CONFIRMED)

Sponsor Presentation by Dyson

Engineering efficiency - the design process at Dyson

David Walker, Director of Sales, Dyson (CONFIRMED)

A Single Approach to Sustainable Procurement

• Action Sustainability and the Strategic Supply Chain Group
• What can the public and private sectors learn from each other?
• The Sustainable Procurement Task Force – informing public sector procurement policy
• Public procurers and sustainable products and services
• Are SME’s effectively engaged in public procurement?
• Innovative and sustainable solutions offered by suppliers and contractors
• Sustainable procurement as a vehicle for delivering sustainable community strategies
• Is government doing enough?
• DEFRA and sustainable procurement in government
• A single approach to sustainable procurement

Developing NHS Procurement Strategies

• Energy performance of medical technologies protocol and tools for procurers
• An ethical procurement framework
• Effective and responsible procurement
• Sustainable development challenges in the health and social care sector

David Wathey, Sustainable Development Manager, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (CONFIRMED)

Demonstrating Leadership in Sustainable Procurement across Government

• Response to the SDC Sustainable Development in Government Report
• The DEFRA Sustainable Procurement Action Plan
• The Sustainable Procurement Operations Board – monitoring the government estate
• The flexible framework and the five key themes
• The Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative
• Sustainable procurement education and training
• Government wide sustainable travel policy
• Quick Wins!
• New build and refurbishment - BREEAM excellence ratings
• Procurement and disposal of IT equipment
• The development of e-PIMS for future SDiG surveys
• Energy procurement from sustainable sources
• Permanent Secretary objectives relating to their departments performance against the SOGE targets

Speaker Invitation extended to: Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

The Office of Government Commerce – Procurement and the Government Estate

• Improving value and driving up standards and capability in procurement
• A Centre of Expertise in Sustainable Procurement
• A new Director General post of Chief Sustainability Officer
• The implementation of the EU Energy Performance in Buildings Directive
• Central coordination of performance management
• The OGC Collaborative Procurement Directorate
• The collaborative procurement of common goods
• Rationalising The Civil Estate
• Green Government IT
• The pan-government framework for IT power management software
• Carbon efficient management of the government estate
• The delivery plan for the implementation of SOGE targets and SPAP commitments
• Raising government capability and leadership in sustainable procurement and operations

William Jordon, Deputy Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce (CONFIMRED)

Sponsor Presentation by Eaga Plc

Sustainable Procurement = Good Procurement = Value for Money

• Leadership and strategic procurement
• Developing and embracing sustainable procurement
• The Wakefield Council supplier engagement programme
• Working with SME's
• A voluntary & community sector procurement engagement programme
• Whole Life Costing
• Sustainable procurement is legal

Councillor Graham Stokes, Cabinet Member and Corporate Services Portfolio Holder, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Alan Kirkham, Service Director, Strategic Procurement and e-Services, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (CONFIRMED)

DWP – The Best Performing Procurement and Commercial Organisation in the Public Sector

• DWP – around 28 per cent of the total civil procurement spend across central government
• Procurement strategies across the whole life cycle
• A shortage of qualified and experienced procurement professionals
• The ongoing development of professional procurement capabilities
• IT procurement – delivering significant savings and service improvements
• Strong performance management and a world-class purchase to pay platform
• Smarter procurement and supply chain management
• A department wide IT resource management System
• Electronic procurement tools and the government procurement card
• Creating a strong supplier relationship management programme
• Sustainable development can help to reduce expenditure
• The DWP Sustainable Procurement Strategy
• Energy metering in the 300 largest buildings
• A demand management programme – bringing together HR/estates and IS/IT planning

Lee Tribe, Director of Commercial Strategy & Development, Department for Work and Pensions (CONFIRMED)

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