1. Responsible Procurement:
The University of Manchester Approach

2. The University of Manchester:
HE is a complex environment
Manchester is big as well – scale of the business that we are in
Spend circa £420M and rising and regional impact…

3. Our University Estate: £1bn investment

4. The Context: Our 2020 Vision
Goal 1 World Class Research: to be one of top 25 research universities in the world
Goal 2 Outstanding learning and student experience
Goal 3 Social Responsibility: Contribute to the social and economic success of the community
Goal 3 Social Responsibility: Contribute to the social and economic success of the community

5. Key drivers for responsible procurement at the University of Manchester are:
To support our commitment to Social Responsibility
To strive to have a positive impact through our spend – by reducing negative impacts and enhancing positive impacts
To take a meaningful lead as the largest UK university
We may refer to this as Responsible Procurement but it is really just excellent procurement.

6. The Central Procurement Team are:
Making sustained progress on the Flexible Framework*
Delivering responsible procurement through their procurement process and practice
Supporting devolved procurers across the institution
Developing our supply chain to support our progress as well as their own
*The Flexible Framework is a recognised mechanism to embed sustainable procurement within Higher Education with 5 levels.

7. Making sustained progress on the Flexible Framework
The Flexible Framework help us to embed sustainability into our procurement process and practice
We progressed to Level 4 in just 6 months during 2015
We have recently published our first Annual Report what not have a look (add link)
We are now working to achieve Level 5 on the Flexible Framework by the end of 2017
We have been sharing our approach with the wider HE sector through workshops and presentations

8. Delivering Responsible Procurement through process and practice
All Central Procurement Team staff have had advanced training on responsible procurement as part of our professional development
All our process and practices were reviewed and updated to embed responsible procurement it is core to our procurement practice
We are now working to demonstrate progress against our targets and supporting devolved procurers and suppliers

9. Supporting devolved procurers:
Our webpages provide support for internal procurers
Our guidance documents support staff to make more responsible purchasing decisions
We approve suppliers to make responsible procurement easier
We are providing training and support to key groups across the organisation
We work with the Environmental Sustainability team to help capture data that demonstrates our impact

10. Developing our Suppliers:
All our suppliers are given access to an online tool that helps them plan their own sustainability action plans
We use the data this tool provides as part of our contract management process and also to inform the provision of further support
We focus on supporting local businesses and SME’s as part of our approach

11. Making progress
Our current targets (2015/16) are to:
Achieve and maintain Level 5 on the Flexible Framework
Host a supplier event focussing on Responsible Procurement – developing our approach from supplier assessment to supplier development
Support and report on the collective impact of 10,000 staff all aiming to procure responsibly
Continue to support our colleagues in the sector

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