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The Guidebook

Purpose of Guidebook

The purpose of this guidebook is to give a straightforward up-to-date account of the important features of sustainable procurement, supplemented by links to sources, case studies, initiatives, and regulations that are available on the web. It is hoped that the guidebook gives stimulation and support to those organisations that have not yet begun procuring sustainably; and for those organisations that are already further down the road of sustainable procurement, the guidebook may provide fresh insights to ease the way.This guidebook is designed for a variety of audiences: environmental specialists (who know perhaps relatively little about procurement); for procurement specialists (who need to know how to take account of sustainability in their work); for senior managers, board members, governing body members (who need to have a strategic overview of the issues so as to decide how to approach them) and for budget holders, project managers and other specialists who need to be aware of how this issue affects their work. The guidebook is also applicable to a range of organisations - small and large businesses, public and voluntary bodies: in short anyone who may need to utilise goods and services.