Green Purchasing News
Your Reputation at Risk
Special guest column by Alex Harris of Reputation Report: No longer can organisations hide bad environmental or labour practices by outsourcing to countries around the world like China or Bangladesh.
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How would you fare against Greenpeace?
Viral publicity campaigns are a powerful tool in targeting organisations' unsustainable supply chain practices, from possums outside OfficeWorks to Ken dumping Barbie over deforestation. How you respond to such campaigns is key to the survival of your brand.
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Green Products Unwrapped: Breaking down composting myths
ECO-Buy's Research Manager, Stephen Reardon, is starting a new blog demystifying green products. In this post, he explains the issues associated with the municipal collection of food waste.
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Happening at ECO-Buy
ECO-Buy goes international
ECO-Buy's CEO, Hugh Wareham, travelled to Taiwan to spread the word on the green product market in Australia.
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Supply chain sustainability in the healthcare sector
ECO-Buy recently completed a study of supply chain sustainability in the Victorian public healthcare sector. The study found that suppliers are keen to engage with buyers on sustainability.
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Latrobe Region Green Supplier Showcase
ECO-Buy hosted its first regional green supplier showcase in Morwell, south-east Victoria, gaining much interest from attendees and suppliers.
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ECO-Buy Network Meetings
ECO-Buy runs regular roundtables for its membership groups. Find out what happened at the recent
local government and
state government network meetings.
Happening Elsewhere
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 3 Standard
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol released two new standards in October: the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard and the Product Life Cycle Standard. The Scope 3 Standard establishes a common way for companies to identify and measure the greenhouse gas impacts across 15 supply chain categories. Find out more at the
GHG Protocol website.
NetBalance Supply Chain Disclosure Report
NetBalance have released a study of ASX100 listed companies' supply chain impact disclosure, reviewing reporting of social and environmental criteria both upstream and downstream. ANZ, Woolworths and Fosters top the list, while the consumer discretionary and healthcare sectors rank at the bottom. Click here to see the
report by NetBalance.
Practice Greenhealth Tool for Hospitals
Standardised Environmental Questions for Medical Products was produced by Practice Greenhealth to help hospitals identify, request and procure environmentally preferable medical products. The tool is intended to serve as a template with a common set of standardised questions on key environmentally preferable attributes of medical products that can be used by all stakeholders. Check out the
Practice Greenhealth Tool.
AFGC Sustainable Procurement Guide
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has produced a guide to help its members identify the sustainability issues related to their supply chains. It provides a review of issues across environment, labour, human rights, food safety and product labelling. The tool is currently only available to members of AFGC.
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