Sustainable Purchasing

Every business regularly buys goods and services.  How about thinking twice and making a sustainable choice when you next make a purchase.

Your business may purchase everything from tea and coffee for the office, paper and cartridges for the printer, uniforms for your workers, carpet for a refurbishment, mobile phones, electricity and the list continues.

Sustainable purchasing is all about thinking twice and making a choice when you purchase goods and services.

Sustainable products are those that;

• contain recycled content
• are reused or recycled at end of life
• reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• save water and/or energy
• are non toxic
• help protect biodiversity and habitat
• are made or recycled locally
• minimise unnecessary purchasing
• provide long term value for money.

Source:   Sustainable Choice, Local Government Purchasing for Sustainability

A sustainability overview with a Better Business Partnership Project Officer will help you to identify opportunities to purchase sustainably.