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Sustainability - Useful Web Links

last updated: 17th February 2012

 

  • ActionSustainability - Action Sustainability is a Social Enterprise set up to lead and inspire sustainable procurement. We support and facilitate the Strategic Supply Chain group, a leading authority on sustainable procurement whose members are Directors and Senior Man.
     
  • The BUFDG (formally AUPO) Sustainable Procurement Group has a CSR toolkit. They have placed a number of environmental impact assessment documents into the Knowledge Base (the info-bank) on the web site.
     
  • Buy Sustainable - Quick Wins (DEFRA)- These 'Quick Wins' are specifically designed for procurers. They are a set of sustainable specifications for a range of commonly-purchased products, such as IT equipment, white goods, paper (including tissue), etc. The products assessed were chosen for their environmental / financial impact, scope for environmental improvement and political or example-setting function.
     
  • The Carbon Trust offer site visits to colleges. They will offer practicle advice on energy saving measures. In addition these recomendations will be eligiable for Salix Funding. The Government, in partnership with Salix Finance and the Carbon Trust have provided over £50 million in interest free loans to help public sector organisations take advantage of energy efficiency technology.
     
  • Computer Aid International - Computer Aid International provides only the highest-quality, professionally refurbished computers for reuse in education, health and not-for-profit organisations in developing countries. Computer Aid has shipped over 100,000 PCs to where they are most needed in more than 100 countries, making us the world's largest and most experienced ICT 4 Development provider. 
      
  • Department for Transport - Sustainable travel - This describes the Department or transports work to promote initiatives that can reduce congestion, improve local environments and encourage healthier and safer lifestyles.
     
  • Disposal Services Agency - With its history of providing complete disposal solutions for the armed forces, The Disposal Services Agency uniquely offers a comprehensive portfolio covering everything from advice and consultancy, to the provision of a total managed service. Our dedicated contractors not only supply a collect-to-dispose service, but also offer a wide range of refurbished items for sale.
     
  • Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges - The EAUC is the sustainability champion for universities and colleges in the UK. Run by members, for its members, the EAUC seeks to work with members and partners to drive sustainability to the heart of further and higher education.
     
  • Green ICT - JISC Involve - The blog exists to help get out the messages that the JISC’s activities in the area of "Green-ICT" are producing. JISC exists to help the UK Higher and Further education sectors to make best use of the opportunities that ICT can bring to the activities of research, teaching and learning and administration.
     
  • Purchasing for sustainability: guidance for higher education institutions - This guidance is one of the outcomes of the Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (HEPS). The HEPS is a three year initiative established by Forum for the Future in 2000 and funded by the Higher Education Funding Councils of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The aim of the HEPS is to establish a pioneering group of Higher Education Institutions that are seen to be achieving their strategic objectives through positive engagement with the sustainable development agenda and to generate the tools, guidance and inspiration that will encourage the rest of the sector to do likewise.
     
  • Power Perfectors - The Environmental Technology Centre carried out trials on a Power Perfector (PP) energy efficiency device that reduces electricity consumption by optimising supply voltages. The main aim of the trials was to determine resultant energy savings over a set period on a range of loads. please see below section on Voltage optimisation as other installers are available.

    Please see the following case study on voltage optimisation. 
     
  • Recycling Factory - Simple recycling solutions - The Recycling Factory can collect all your used printer cartridges and old mobile phones and recycle them. We will pay your business for every cartridge or mobile phone we can successfully recycle and reuse.
     
  • Sustainable Development UK Government - The following pages provide information on what the UK Government is doing in order to move towards sustainable development. The pages contain information on our priorities, commitments and contributions as well as information on managing our estate sustainably. In addition there are links to the various Government task forces, working groups and public bodies involved with monitoring and delivering sustainable development.
     
  • Sustainable Information Technology in Tertiary Education (SusteIT) - The University of Bradford, in partnership with the NGO SustainIT has completed a one year project for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to investigate ways in which information technology within universities and colleges can be made more sustainable.
     
  • Sustainable Procurement Information Network (SPIN) - SPIN was launched and is maintained as part of an East Midlands Centre of Excellence sustainable procurement project. It has since received the backing of the East of England and North West Centres of Excellence and is well on the way to becoming a national resource for sustainable procurement information.
     
  • Voltage Optimisation is a proven technology that can reduce colleges consumption of electricity. ESPO have put a framework in place, the framework is for electrical contractors (installers). The thinking being that voltage optimisation is a very fast moving area, and rather than get locked in with one supplier, it is better to work with the installers who can then make good decisions and ensure the best solution is being used. Another consideration is that voltage optimisation is flavour of the month, and none of the suppliers have the capacity by themselves to cope with all public sector demand. Finally, these are eligable for Salix funding as mentioned above.
     
  • EU Toolkit on Greener Procurement - In the main this covers products such as Paper, Cleaning products, Office IT Equipment and the practical examples will be useful for those sourcing products. For those of you procuring services the principles of Greener Procurement can be followed through the different modules, and in particular through Module 2 - The Legal Module, which relates to all purchases (though a little doubtful about the proportional marking suggested on the evaluation criteria - but challenge by Suppliers would be defended by reference to this Legal Toolkit) It is a practical and valuable for sustainable procurement purposes
      
  • Sustainable procurement & Operations Case Studies 
     
  • WRAP works with local authorities, business and households to prevent waste, increase recycling and develop markets for recycled and sustainable products. It is there aim to create the case for change, support change and deliver change.
     
  • The Buy Smart Project - The project, funded by the European program "Intelligent Energy Europe", provides free consultation and information material on green procurement
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