This year we will be a virtual exhibitor at the joint NEUPC/NWUPC conference on Thursday 17 June. Come and see us in Booth 28 to find about more about what we have been getting up to in the last year and how we could help you with your sustainability/social value ambitions.
We are organising a NETpositive Governance event on Tuesday 19 November. This half day seminar will explore links between sustainability excellence and governance. Together with Jimmy there will be a range of speakers including Jimmy, Danielle Taylor (Head of Sustainability for South Yorkshire Police), Christ West (Acting Centre Director at SEI), Ian Thompson (Chief Executive…
Jimmy will be presenting a session at the AMHEC (Association of Managers in Higher Education) Conference in Chester on 11/12 April 2019. Jimmy will be outlining how our software helps HE suppliers to create sustainability action plans to support their business development. The software, used by over 45 universities, also provides detailed data to support…
Jimmy will be at the Cambridge Governance Symposium on Wednesday 6 March to deliver a workshop session exploring what it means to develop and deliver a model of governance that not only protects organisations in these challenging times but also demonstrates the value organisations add to broader society. This inaugural NETpositive Governance conference for associations and membership bodies will…
Jimmy will be delivering a workshop session at the NEUPC Annual Conference on Tuesday 5 March 2019 at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. The session will help delegates understand social value, exploring the Themes, Outcomes and Measures and why should we consider social value in within Higher Education. Moving on to how social value clauses can be included…
This mini-conference for bids and procurement people included speakers and panel members drawn from across UK industry and the public sector to discuss hot topics in competitive procurement environments. The breakfast event was held in London on 27 February 2019 and our own Sheri-Leigh Miles contributed as a panel member discussing Social Value in pursuits…
The University of Birmingham commissioned a Supplier Sustainability Report on behalf of the West Midlands University Procurement Group. Using data from the Tool the purpose of the report was to: Understand the positive contribution that HE suppliers to West Midlands universities have on sustainability and social value Explore the contribution of those suppliers to the…
We are delighted to have played a part in the University of Manchester achieving Level 5 (the highest level possible) on the Flexible Framework for sustainable procurement. The University is the first in the country to have its self-assessment independently verified and the rating is in recognition of practices, documentation, supply chain engagement, environmental impact as…
Our research partner the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is rated as the world’s most influential think tank on environmental policy issues in the University of Pennsylvania’s 2016 Global Go To Think Tanks Index, billed as the “premier database and measure of world think tanks”. The index, which is based on a survey of thousands of…
Sheri-Leigh, together with Ian Jarvey (Deputy Head of Procurement, University of Manchester), will be presenting a session on the agenda at the TUCO Winter Conference. Sheri-Leigh and Ian will be sharing the first findings on the impact of our innovative Supplier Engagement (HE) Tool. The conference takes place on Thursday 1 December 2016 and more information…