Sustainable procurement supports the sustainability goals of the organisation and optimises the environmental, social, and economic impacts over the life cycle of the product or service. Some of the typical sustainable procurement practices involve:
- compliance with environmental laws and targets
- the removal of hazardous/forbidden materials and waste in the supply chain
- the thorough vetting of suppliers for fair labour practices.
Some of the sustainable and socially responsible practices at Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi include:
- promoting the use of Khalifa Fund Suppliers
- reducing the use of paper and recycling exercises
- supporting sustainable solutions and green practices
- supporting suppliers who are committed to the development of UAE Nationals
- encouraging joint ventures and partnerships with UAE owned businesses.
Dubai Statistics Center’s policy related to Sustainable Procurement Management System commits to:
- fulfilling the requirements of Sustainable Procurement Management System (ISO 20400:2017), and endorse the system's continual improvement process
- purchasing DSC's business needs along with the required quality, specifications and on a timely manner with competitive prices, to ensure the efficiency of the procurement process and in alignment with public sector law No. 6 of 1997 and its amendments for regulating the contractual affairs of Dubai Government
- endorsing the procurement governance, integrity, equality and transparency in all procurement and contractual process
- promoting the fairness and equality in all procurement aspects such as giving an equal contractual opportunity, fair proposals evaluation and fair suppliers' performance evaluation
- giving a privilege/priority to the funded members of Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for Small and Medium Enterprises
- conducting a fair and transparent investigation on all suppliers' complaints and feedbacks in a professional manner
- ensuring the business continuity and the supply chain flow of DSC's critical business activities through singing solid strategic partnership agreements with the key suppliers
- increasing the expenditures' efficiency in all aspects of the procurement process and avoid the public funds inefficiency
- maintaining sustainability in multiple dimensions such as environment, society, economy, health and safety for all DSC's employees', customers', and suppliers' aspects during the procurement and contractual process. Also, to express DSC's commitment towards implementing the international standards and best practices in the field of protecting environment and reducing CO2 emissions and footprint impacts; Furthermore, DSC will show serious commitment towards public funds' efficient management, in order to achieve sustainable economic growth rates, and implement fair procurement process which reserves the community rights
- demonstrating the commitment towards controlling the quality of the procurement process, and to accelerate the continuous improvement process, which is based on the international best practices, ISO 20400:2017.
Meanwhile, Dubai Government adopted a new Green Procurement Policy to enhance the efficiency of government services. The policy aims to stimulate the local supply chain, adopt more sustainable practices, broaden the use of sustainable materials, create a competitive environment, reduce the environmental footprint and enhance financial efficiency.
The policy, which was piloted with several government entities to assess its practicality ahead of implementation, includes the development of measurable environmental and technical standards for procuring green products in line with Dubai’s efforts to boost environment protection and encourage the private sector to adopt green technology, green products and green services, as well as high sustainability standards in all government procurement.
The Green Procurement Policy will focus on four categories for government purchases in its first phase of implementation: construction materials, information technology devices, lighting materials, and the waste management sector.
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