Sustainable Procurement: Final Industry Report, Project 2.76

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 system, organisation and procurement processes, with a focus on finding practical ways to improve environmental, social and economic sustainability outcomes in the housing, building and infrastructure sectors in Australia. This report presents the outcomes of the research, which focus on the following areas: 1. Understanding the value of sustainable procurement to meet organisational targets across environmental, social, economic and governance dimensions. 2. Examining the role of stakeholders in transforming industry practices. 3. Examining the COVID-19 impacts on sustainable procurement and how these impacts may be optimised. 4. Developing a framework for enhancing sustainable procurement. 5. Demonstrating the application of the proposed framework by conducting case studies in selected sustainability themes such as green concrete, recycled contents (beyond concrete material), modern slavery, regional participation and marginalised groups.