Socially Responsible Procurement

1. Socially Responsible Procurement

2. Introduction • Kyle Richard • Corporate Social Responsibility Analyst, University of Washington

3. What is Socially Responsible Procurement? • Purchasing • Responsibly produced products • From socially responsible suppliers • Responsibly Produced • Purchased products are produced in a manner that reflects respect for an institution’s values • Socially Responsible • Supplier reflects the institution’s values in its business practices

4. Socially Responsible

5. Why? • Reputation • Increased interest in CSR • Better process • Who produces Apple Computers? • “Right thing to do” • Case Studies • Sustainability • Ethics

6. Business Case for SCSR • Leadership, Reputation & Value • Students • Employees • Risk Reduction • Minimize the likelihood of disruptions • Cost

7. Program Development • Campus Interest • Supplier Investigation • Presidential Response • Program Management

8. 30,000 Foot View • Code of Conduct • What do we expect? • Monitoring • How are our suppliers doing? • Intake/Complaint Resolution • A way for the community and students to be heard

9. Program Structure Complaints Investigates Reports Binds

10. What’s in a Supplier Code of Conduct? • Labor & Human Rights • Environment • Ethics • Health & Safety • Legal Compliance • Supplier Diversity • Subcontracting • Always evolving…

11. Monitoring

12. More Monitoring

13. Intake

14. Intake

15. RFPs-Getting More Responsible Suppliers • Simplify monitoring by selecting responsible suppliers • Social responsibility language • Signal that the University values social responsibility • Normalize social responsibility as a part of doing business • Large-dollar solicitations • Capacity • Influence • Impact

16. Rollout • Supplier Outreach • Pilot • Presidential Communication and Marketing • Campus-Wide Collaboration

17. Outreach & Pilot • Outreach • Summer of 2013 • 30+ Suppliers Reviewed Draft Code of Conduct • Current Suppliers • Completed Supplier Certification • 4 Suppliers • Campus Hardware RFP • Laptops, Desktops, Servers, Components • Evaluate bidder CSR programs • Continuing Outreach and Inclusion in Strategic Contracts

18. Program Roadmap • Current • Share values and change expectations • Take action when issues raised • Next Steps • Collaborate with Universities and GPOs • Improve monitoring & reporting • Future • Inclusion in all major contracts • Universal compliance requirement

19. Questions? • Contact: • Kyle Richard • krich1@uw.edu • 206-685-0571 • Claudia Christensen • claudiac@uw.edu • 206 543-4156

20. Attributions • Slide 4 • By Hans Hillewaert (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons • By marissaorton (Sweatshop project Uploaded by Gary Dee) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons • By ell brown (Own work) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)], via Flickr • By Paul Krueger (Own work) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)], via Flickr • By mckaysavage(Own work) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)], via Flickr • Slide 5 • By Image SVG créé par Utilisateur:Quark67 avec Inkscape à l'aide de la police de caractère Helvetica fournie avec Mac OS X. (Quark67 at fr.wikipedia) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons • Slide 13 • By Brian Stansberry (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons