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The Power of Procurement

17 Jan 2011

Over the last five years Manchester City Council has been extremely proactive in developing sustainability principles in its procurement policy. It has also sought to ensure that its procurement spending reaps maximum local economic, social and environmental benefit for the city's communities.

What has been missing from the Manchester model, however, has been: a quantitative understanding of the benefit of procurement spend to the local economy; an exploration of the extent to which suppliers to the city council adhere to sustainability principles in their own choices; and an understanding of how sustainable procurement policies and practices can be improved in the city.

Read the 'Power of Procurement' report to find out more.

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Heather Parker, Strategic Programme Planning and Support Manager