Project : Retailer

PROJECT

Sustainability Policies

Challenge

This retailer was looking to further its commitment to sustainability by embedding social and environmental criteria into its procurement and travel policies, but was receiving push-back from employees due to a reigning mindset of not sacrificing quality or performance for sustainability.

Solution

Sustainable Business Consulting helped debunk the myths of sustainable purchasing and worked with the retailer to:

Develop decision-making criteria that would balance cost, convenience and sustainability to increase sustainable procurement without sacrificing performance or quality
Identify opportunities to formally embed local and sustainable purchasing criteria into RFPs, contracts, and supplier screening requirements
Develop easy-to-ask sustainability questions across its eight primary purchasing areas to provoke environmental thoughtfulness when making a purchase

Result

The company was able to align its employee mindset with its sustainability mission and realized over $65,000 in cost savings from sustainable policies and green business criteria that were implemented.

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NON-PROFIT

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