Effective and sustainable procurement can maximise the impact of social value demonstrating a positive effect for tenants and communities. In this session, we will explore how we can lead the way to drive sustainable procurement to maximise the impact of social value.

1. Social Value and
Sustainability
Jimmy Brannigan
Director, NETpositive
Futures

2. Let’s explore!
Effective and sustainable procurement can help to
maximise social value, demonstrating a positive
impact for tenants. This session will explore how
social landlords can increase the sustainability of
their procurement practices and, in turn, boost
community benefits

3. We will cover
•An understanding of NETpositive Sustainability
•How sustainable procurement can maximise
social value and social impact
•How procurement professionals can lead and
demonstrate a net positive impact for their
organisation

4. About NETpositive Futures
• Micro business
• Focus on Sustainability, Corporate Social
Responsibility and Social Responsibility
• Working with organisations and consortia on
sustainable procurement – getting them Level 4
of the Flexible Framework in 6 months!
• Developed on-line platforms / software to
engage and support suppliers on sustainability
(capital projects, whole supply chain
engagement)

5. NETpositive Sustainability
Impact
Time
Environmental Impact

6. NETpositive Sustainability
Increase the positive
contribution of your organisation
- Social Contribution
- Customer Satisfaction
- Financial value
- Brand value
- Staff Wellbeing
- Community benefit
Reduce the negative impact of
your organisation
- Carbon Impact
- Transport
- Waste

7. Sustainability Excellence
“Sustainability is about how organisations do what
they do, it requires a focus on core activity and is
about taking responsibility for the total impact of
our activity. A socially responsible / sustainable
organisation is one that is not only financially
viable but takes account of all the positive and
negative environmental, social and economic
effects it has on society, both now and into the
future”

8. How can sustainable procurement
maximise social value and social
impacts?
Stay with me on this!!

9. Sustainability Strategy Review
•Examined 50 University sustainability, CSR and
Social Responsibility Strategies
•Identified the key priorities / focus
•Produced a ‘wordle’

11. Procurement Commodity Review
•Identified top 50 high spend / high risk / high
opportunity commodities (using Proc HE coding)
•Undertook a NETpositive impact appraisal on
them
•Produced another wordle with the results

12. The Approach (NET positive)

14. What does this tell us?
1. Currently most sustainability strategies (but not
all!) are still focussed on environmental
sustainability?
2. The opportunities in the supply chain – within
the procurement process – include more social
elements
3. There is an opportunity for procurement not
only support organisational strategy but to be
the driving force in leading a more
transformational, socially-focussed agenda

15. It has to be said:
1. Cutting energy use, reducing waste, minimising
resource consumption is just good business
practice!!
2. Finding ways to maximise our contribution to
society is what it is really about!!
3. If the utility I provide to society is a social one -
my sustainability strategy (or whatever you call
it!) should re-inforce this.

16. Our response
•We developed a supplier sustainability tool which
helps each of a company’s suppliers to develop
their own transformational action plan
•It is being used in the university sector, the
construction sector, by the city of Bristol as part of
a European initiative but not the social housing
sector

17. The data from one of our tools!
• 200 organisations (80% SME)
• 2000 actions completed or in progress
• 1000 pieces of evidence
Learning by helping.
Each supplier has been given the opportunity to develop
their own NETpositive Action Plan (for free!) and the client
has the opportunity to better understands it’s suppliers.
Celebrating and communicate this collective impact
becomes part of the commitment to being a socially
responsible organisation – for both!

18. Questions