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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 Taskforce at the first meeting on the 26th of May

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

Working Group 1 - International benchmarking (PDF , 310kb)
Working Group 2 - Data and priorities (PDF , 85kb)
Prioritisation Methodology (PDF, 250kb), Risk Assessment (to appear shortly) Methodology Flow Chart (PDF,86 kb)
Working Group 3 Procurement Task Force- Engaging with suppliers (PDF , 82kb)
Flexible Framework (PDF, 36kb)
Working Group 4 - Accountability (PDF, 249kb)
Working Group 5 - Capacity building (PDF, 392kb)

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

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Updated: 18 July 2006