May 5, 2021 | News
Governments around the world have become increasingly interested in fostering the social economy in order to address pressing social problems. One of the ways to do that is through their procurement of goods and services. The public sector represents a significant...
May 4, 2021 | News
Last summer, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced he would be issuing “giant contracts” to mining companies capable of supplying Tesla with nickel in an “environmentally sensitive” way. “Please mine more nickel,” he asked bluntly. By October, Tesla was in talks with Vale,...
May 3, 2021 | News
Last week, the cloud-based software company Salesforce notified its thousands of suppliers that it will include language in all future procurement contracts requiring them, among other things, to set science-based targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. And...
Apr 27, 2021 | News
However, 12 percent of buyers are doing things differently. They say supplier alignment on sustainability goals significantly factors into partner selection. To make that difference, said Andrew Perolls, CEO of sustainable travel consultancy Greengage, “buying...
Apr 26, 2021 | News
The City of Pittsburgh is pursuing a building deconstruction policy meant to spur the potential recovery, recycling and reuse of materials from certain city-owned condemned structures. Leaders say potential benefits of such a policy include removing blight...
