Developing a Framework for Enabling Sustainable Procurement: Research Report #2

Sustainable procurement is increasingly on the agenda for purchasing and supply managers seeking to demonstrate corporate social responsibility in their supply chains. Driven by industry’s desire to modify behaviours that contribute to unsustainable practices, the SBEnrc’s Sustainable Procurement project is dedicated to examining key issues across the procurement life cycle and focusses on finding practical ways to improve environmental, social, and economic sustainability outcomes in the housing, building and infrastructure sectors in Australia. This report aims to present the results of the empirical research, which focus on the following areas: understanding the value of sustainable procurement to meet organisational targets, across environmental, social, economic and governance dimensions; examining the role of clients, stakeholders and suppliers in transforming industry practices in procurement for sustainability in the housing, building and infrastructure sectors; examining the specific post COVID-19 impacts for achieving sustainable procurement and how these impacts may be ameliorated; and developing a framework for enabling sustainable procurement for organisations in the housing, building and infrastructure sectors