Resources and tools
Assessing supplier sustainability credentials
Assessing supplier sustainability credentials.doc is a guide to incorporating supplier questions into tender documentation.
Australian and New Zealand Government Framework for Sustainable Procurement
In 2006 the Australian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) established a working group to develop Australian and New Zealand Government Framework for Sustainable Procurement, in which Queensland Government was a key participant. The framework provides a set of national principles to assist state, territory and Commonwealth governments to integrate sustainability into Australian and New Zealand public procurement.
QGCPO is a signatory to the Australian and New Zealand Government Framework for Sustainable Procurement, and has used the framework to guide the establishment of policies and practices that assist government agencies to integrate the principles of sustainability into the procurement of goods, services and construction.
Queensland currently chairs the Sustainable Procurement Working Group of the APCC Sustainable Procurement Framework Implementation Project.
Resources in development
- Sustainable Procurement Product Guides – these Guides identify key sustainability issues and provide minimum and best practice sustainable procurement responses for a range of identified products.
- Sustainable Commodities Quicklink – a repository of links to relevant standards, example specifications and information for high/ common spend and high sustainability risk commodity areas.
- Sustainable Procurement Process Guide – the Guide will provide step-by-step guidance on incorporating sustainability into each stage of a procurement arrangement.
Last updated October 2009
