Delivering benefit through partnership

‘Sustain’ Project

11th June 2014

Stephen Connor, Process and Best Practice Coordination Manager, APUC

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Project Drivers

Student Voice

Organisational Objectives

Reputation

External and Internal pressure

Good practise

Value for money

Sector spend

RiskSustainable Supply Chain

Project

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University of Edinburgh, EUSA, University of Aberdeen, AUSA, NUS (Scotland), People and Planet, Glasgow School of Art, EAUC, University of Dundee and University of Stirling.

– Procurement staff

– Sustainability advisers

– Student representatives (institutional and independent organisations)

– NGO’s (People and Planet) – collaboration with Electronics Watch (Advisory Group and Founder Member)

• Code of Conduct covering Social, Ethical, Economic and Environmental issues.

• Use this as our standard to assess supplier compliance against.

http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/suscode.php

Working Group

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1. Pre Tender – StrategyMarrakech Impact Assessment

2. Tender – CoC / ITT wording / QuestionsMandate supplier involvement with audit processRequest compliance to Code of ConductAsk questions that reflect Impact Assessment issues

3. Post Tender – Contract Management / Supply Chain Audit

Prioritise using Marrakech toolAssess supply chain compliance to our Code of Conduct

using web based tool• Develop a tool useable by Institutions as well as APUC

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APUC Hunter contract database – available sector wide – is the starting point of the audit process.

Purely collaborative spend on Hunter, 2012/13 full year

APUC/NEUPC/NWUPC/SUPC/LUPC/HEPCW 418 Institutions/Organisations 580 suppliers £881,000,000 spend

Over HALF of that is with just 20 suppliers; in Libraries, IT, Travel and Utilities.

Collaboration gives Scope for Influence to Change

Non-Collaborative spend is still to be added…………………

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APUC Supply Chain Audit – web tool

Developed in conjunction with the Sector Direct link to Hunter contract database

Eliminates duplication of effort You choose when to invite your suppliers to start the process

Enables suppliers to build up an understanding of their supply chain

Suppliers can see their score/place against other Category/Agreement suppliers

See how suppliers compare against competitors Improve supplier understanding and compliance – ‘gap analysis’

Institutions can see the global location of supply chains and associated risk (planned development)

Suppliers can track the status of their supply chain

Understand supply chain risks

Useable by Institutions

Buyers can see compliance level of suppliers

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APUC Sustainable Supply Chain Project

Status:• Ongoing awareness raising (EAUC/UUK/HoC)• In Phase 2 testing (end to end process) currently• Re-designing question structure and web design• Aim for handover and early supplier testing to commence end

mid July 2014• Formal launch September 2014• Ongoing development work (country risk mapping / gap

analysis)

www.nanoit.co.uk/apuc - Contract Manager viewwww.nanoit.co.uk/apuc - Supplier viewwww.nanoit.co.uk/apuc - Validator viewwww.nanoit.co.uk/apuc - Results view

Suppliers home page showing a

validated response

Public view results page (after searching for an

agreement)