Sustainable Purchasing Award
Sponsored by Department of Environment and Climate Change
This award recognises councils which have developed and implemented (or are in the process of implementing) sustainable purchasing and procurement policies and processes for goods and services.
Division B - Winner
Lismore City Council: Lismore City Council Procurement Policy
Besides the elements typically found in purchasing policies, this procurement policy provides specific guidelines on Council's sustainability and local content philosophies. The policy was developed by Infrastructure staff in conjunction with environmental and planning departments and in consultation with councillors, council staff from all areas of the business. Council has implemented changes to procurement of common use goods to ensure high take up of recycled products, products manufactured from sustainable materials and use of only bio degradable, non toxic janitorial products.
Name: Ross Davies
Position: Contracts Administration Officer
Phone number: (02) 6625 0500
Email address: ross.davies@lismore.nsw.gov.au
Division C - Winner and Overall Category Winner
City of Ryde: Procuring for a Sustainable City of Ryde
In 2007 the City of Ryde formed a Sustainable Procurement Team to oversee the development of a dedicated Sustainable Procurement Policy. The Sustainable Procurement Team meets monthly with a representative from a different Council unit attending to discuss avenues of procurement in their respective unit. This process enables the team to implement sustainable procurement in a multi-tiered, blanket approach throughout Council. The Procurement team has developed a recycled content products database that is compulsory for all staff to utilise when purchasing, implemented workshops on procurement while identifying key champions, investigated and improved water and energy efficiencies throughout Council buildings and changed office consumables to greater socially and environmentally acceptable options.
Name: Sarah Kinsela
Position: Sustainability Programs Coordinator
Phone number: (02) 9952 8247
Email address: skinsela@ryde.nsw.gov.au
