NWUPC Responsible Procurement Event - - - Thursday 25th February 2021

 
 
Todays event starts at 9.30am, the booking portal has now closed but if you would like to join please email david.mcintyre@nwupc.ac.uk and a page of links will be sent for each session.
 
NWUPC are pleased to announce the program for our online event dedicated to Responsible Procurement. The aim of the day is to showcase the wealth of work being undertaken by our team, our Members, our suppliers and our partners. We are really proud of the progress, commitment and contribution we are making in this area and want to give all our Members the opportunity to hear about it.
The event will take place on Thursday 25th February 2021. Please use the link below to book your place. Sessions will be held throughout the day covering topics that have been requested by our Members;
 
9.30am – Introduction to today’s event from NWUPC Managing Director Julie Ann Garton
 
9.40am – How Responsible Procurement Is Embedded Within The Service Provided To Members
NWUPC’s sustainability leads, Helen Dodd-Williams and Sarah Dye will provide an overview of activity within the consortium and how responsible procurement is embedded within the service provided to Members. This will include; addressing modern slavery within supply chains, SME support and engagement and environmental considerations.
 
10am - How To Use Electronics Watch To Drive Social Responsibility In Your Procurement
Electronics Watch is an independent monitoring organisation set up with the purpose of protecting the rights of workers within supply chains. Their focus is on working with public sector organisations who purchase electronics and collaborating with them to have a positive impact on workers through the goods and public sector procures. Focussing on the Electronics Watch model and resources available to affiliates from tender planning to contract management, Bjorn Claeson (Director) and Harpreet Paul (UK Representative of Electronics Watch) will discuss specific cases and review the impact on working conditions in affiliates’ supply chains. There will also be time for a Q&A.
 
11am – Embedding Social Value Into Progressive Procurement
Social Value Portal CEO Guy Battle will give a talk on The Public Services (Social Value) Act which requires all public sector buyers to consider social value into their buying decisions. This has been reinforced more recently by Procurement Policy Note 06/20 which requires a minimum 10% weighting in all procurements. During the session we will look at how this can be done and how the HE sector can deliver more value for all of its stakeholders.
 
12pm – Embedding Social Value Into The Commissioning And Procurement Cycle
Claire Watts (Regeneration & Funding Group Manager) and Andrea Turton (Programme Coordinator) of The Social Value Engine Team will provide an overview on what social value is, where it comes from and how to embed social value into the commissioning and procurement cycle. This will include a demonstration of the Social Value Engine and how it can be practically applied to help measure social value.
 
12.45 - Planning And Pathway Tools For Decarbonisation Of Public Sector Estates
Dr John Hindley, Director at Twelvetrees Consulting, will be joining us at to discuss Planning And Pathway Tools For Decarbonisation of Public Sector Estates. Covering a quick journey through the buildings and energy landscape in the public sector North West region, with examples of tools and techniques which will help you plan for efficiency and intervention. With over 15 years practise in Higher Education Estates covering sustainability, management operations, revenue projects and capital development this should be a fascinating session. 
 
1.30pm - Responding To The Pandemic As An SME – Sharing Experiences
How an SME has turned the challenge of operating during a global pandemic into a business opportunity including reflections on ways of working and projects we think provide meaningful learning for procurement professionals including reflections on ways of working and projects we think provide meaningful learning for procurement professionals. As part of NWUPC’s commitment to Sustainable Procurement, and to our Members in developing responsible supply chains, we work in partnership with NETpositive Futures.
Sheri-Leigh Miles, Director at NETpositive Futures will be leading a session about how NETpositive Futures have used lockdown to rethink how they support their clients to engage and innovate in challenging times. This session will include learning from projects relating to the Sustainable Development Goals, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Climate Action.
 
2.30pm - An Update On The Netpositive Futures Supplier Engagement Tool And Undertaking Sustainability Impact Assessments
Including new developments and innovative practice. As part of NWUPC’s commitment to Sustainable Procurement, and to our members in developing responsible supply chains, we work in partnership with NETpositive Futures.
Jimmy Brannigan, Director at NETpositive Futures will be leading a session about how NETpositive Futures help suppliers to take practical action environmentally, socially and economically and how this supports excellent procurement. This session will introduce the methodology which has been used to update the content of the Supplier Engagement tool content and demonstrate how when linked to the use of a sustainability impact assessments we can target sustainability and social value progress throughout the supply chain.
 
3.30pm – Closing Summary And Day Overview
Q&A, feedback, next steps with NWUPC’s Managing Director Julie Ann Garton
 
4pm – Close of event.
 
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