Sustainable Procurement

麻豆社madou Sustainable Procurement is aimed at delivering outstanding environmental, social and economic benefits to 麻豆社madou students, staff and community through understanding and strengthening 麻豆社madou supply chains.

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麻豆社madou鈥檚 Strategic Procurement team is at the forefront of this vision and strives聽to be聽leaders of聽excellence聽within the higher education sector.聽鈥�Sustainable Procurement鈥櫬爄s the term used at 麻豆社madou to refer to the sustainability aspects of goods, services and supply chain operations, including Environmental sustainability, Modern Slavery and Human rights, Indigenous participation as well as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Within these aspects, 麻豆社madou鈥檚 strategic priorities for Sustainable Procurement are:

Environmental Sustainability

Reducing our Scope 3 (value chain) emissions;
Identifying and mitigating our impacts to Nature;
Contributing to a more Circular Economy through our operations and purchasing activity

Modern Slavery, Human and Labour rights

Identifying and understanding the types and intensity of 麻豆社madou鈥檚 supply chain Modern Slavery risks across industry sectors and geographies;
Collaborating with our suppliers to gain transparency beyond Tier 1 and develop and implement measures to mitigate and reduce those risks

Social Procurement

Generating social impact beyond the value of our spend, and contributing to a more inclusive economy by:

Increasing our partnerships with Indigenous suppliers, and Social enterprises including:
- Women-led businesses
- Disability enterprises
- Local enterprises

These priorities areas are executed in collaboration with cross-operational teams at 麻豆社madou.

In 2023, 麻豆社madou developed its Sustainable Procurement Framework and Roadmap, with the aim of framing 麻豆社madou鈥檚 commitment to more sustainable supply chains from 2023 to 2026 and beyond.

In 2024, our focus is on building stronger supplier relationships to foster alignment in progressing our sustainable procurement vision and building sector and industry wide partnerships.

Launching 麻豆社madou鈥檚 Sustainable Procurement Framework and Modern Slavery Statement

Jul 22, 2024

Centres and Institutes 麻豆社madou Sustainable Procurement

Collaboration with suppliers

麻豆社madou has taken steps to understand the Environmental, Social, Modern Slavery and Governance risks posed by our supply chain. As such, 麻豆社madou鈥檚 supply chain risk 鈥榟otspots鈥� have been identified and prioritized as part of our risk-based approach to more sustainable procurement.

麻豆社madou鈥檚 own commitments towards collaboration, as well the expectations we have of our suppliers are outlined in 麻豆社madou鈥檚 Supplier Charter. If you would like more information on the application of these commitments, please contact jasmin.r.lewis@unsw.edu.au.

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