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The Government has a crucial role in furthering sustainable development
through its procurement of goods, services and buildings. With a budget
of some £150bn, the public sector can transform markets so that
the private sector can join forces in pursuing sustainable purchasing
policies. The Sustainable Procurement Task Force was established in May
2005, charged with drawing up an action plan to bring about a step-change
in sustainable public procurement so that the UK is among the leaders
in the EU by 2009.
The action plan was launched on 12 June 2006.
The National Action Plan summarises the views and position
of the members of the Sustainable Procurement Task Force. It gives recommendations
on how the UK Government can succesfully meet its target of being recognised
as amongst the leaders in sustainable procurement across EU Member States
by 2009. The UK Government will review the National Action Plan and respond
in full in Autumn 2006. Its future policy with respect to sustainable
procurement will be informed by this response. This report does not represent
the views of the UK Government.
The Task Force was chaired of Sir Neville Simms, who is
a leading private sector exponent of sustainable development. In addition
to the action plan, Task Force members joined specialist working groups.
The reports from these working groups can be downloaded from the links
below.
A substantial body of research was commissioned to supplement
Task Force members' own experience and provide a robust evidence base
for the recommendations. The full Task Force met five times during the
year to consider the output from the working groups and the research,
and to help shape the National Action Plan.
Task Force Working Group Reports
Task
Force terms of reference (PDF,
32kb)
Task Force Members
The Task Force's membership was drawn from business - both major
suppliers to government and representatives of best private sector practice;
non-governmental organisations; trade unions; professional bodies; major
public sector procurers and the Sustainable Development Commission.
Description |
Organisation |
TF Member |
Position |
CHAIR |
CHAIR |
Sir
Neville Simms |
N/A |
Supplier to Government |
BT |
Meryl Bushell
(replacing Alison Ritchie) |
Chief Procurement Officer and CSR Champion,
BT |
Supplier to Government |
Hewlett Packard UK and Ireland |
Hans Wendschlag
(replacing Stephen Gill)
|
Environmental Strategies - Europe |
Supplier to Government |
Skanska |
David
Fison |
Chief Executive |
| Supplier to Government |
Tarmac/Anglo-American |
Robbie Robertson
|
Chief Executive |
|
Supply chain practitioner |
Royal Mail |
Andrew Edwards
(replacing David Burden) |
Board member and CIO |
Supply Chain Practitioners |
Morrison Plc |
Jiggy
Lloyd |
Adviser |
Supply Chain Practitioners |
BAA |
Shaun McCarthy |
Head of Procurement |
Supply Chain Practitioners and supplier
to Government |
Vodafone |
Charlotte Grezo
|
Director of Corporate Responsibility
|
NGO |
Forest Stewardship Council |
Nick Cliffe (replacing Anna Jenkins)
|
Acting Chief Executive |
NGO |
Groundwork |
Tony Hawkhead |
Chief Executive |
Other |
Sustainable Development Commission |
Jonathon
Porritt |
Chairman |
Other |
BRE and Wilmott Dixon Construction |
George
Martin |
Director of Sustainability and 'Head
of Rethinking' at Wilmott Dixon |
Other |
CBI |
Michael Roberts |
Director, Business Environment |
Other |
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and
Supply |
Ken James |
Chief Executive |
Other |
Johnson Matthey |
Jack Frost |
Chair of Environmental Innovations Advisory
Group, Director Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells. |
Other |
KPMG |
Tim
Stone |
Chairman Corporate Finance |
Other |
SEEDA |
Jim Brathwaite |
Chair |
Other |
TUC |
Mike
Jeram (Alt to Brendan Barber) |
National Secretary for Business, Community
and the Environment, Unison and Member of TUSDAC and Energy Sector
Skills Council |
Other |
WRAP |
Jennie Price |
Chief Executive |
Other |
ACCA |
Roger Adams |
Executive Director - Technical |
| Other |
Business in the Community |
Mallen Baker |
Development Director |
| Other |
GMB |
Kathleen Walker-Shaw |
European Officer |
Trade Assoc |
British Retail Consortium |
Kevin Hawkins |
Director General |
Government |
Department of Health |
Ken Anderson |
Commercial Director |
Government |
Department of Trade and Industry |
Mark Gibson |
DG Business |
Government |
Environment Agency |
Barbara
Young |
Chief Executive |
| Government |
Environment Agency |
Mark Yeomans |
Procurement Director |
Government |
Ministry of Defence |
Major General Andrew Figgures |
DPA's Technical Director |
Government |
Office for Government Commerce |
Martin
Sykes |
Executive Director, Smarter Procurement
|
Government |
HM Treasury |
Mary Keegan |
Head of Govt Accounting service |
Local Government |
LGA -- procurement lead |
Tim Byles |
CEO of Norfolk CC |
| Previous Task Force Members |
|
|
|
| |
Compass Group |
Paul Kelly |
Director of Corporate Affairs |
| By Invitation |
|
|
|
| |
Scottish Procurement Directorate |
Dave Cook |
Procurement advisor |
| |
Value Wales Procurement |
Gunther Kostyra |
Head of Programme: Best Practice |
| |
Northern Ireland, Dept. of Environment
|
John McMillen |
Director of Central Procurement Directorate |
For more information on the Sustainable Procurement Task Force please
contact us.
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