Peter Smith

July 21, 2020

News, Good practice

Blackstone Buys Stake in Oatly - Good News or Bad?

Peter Smith

July 21, 2020

News, Good practice

Blackstone Buys Stake in Oatly - Good News or Bad?

Blackstone is seen as a contributor to deforestation - but has bought a stake in Oatly, a hip and healthy business…

Peter Smith

July 15, 2020

People, Good practice

The Circular Economy – Mining Landfills with Deborah Dull

Peter Smith

July 15, 2020

People, Good practice

The Circular Economy – Mining Landfills with Deborah Dull

Deborah Dull is championing exciting ideas around circularity - reducing waste and driving sustainable behaviour.

Peter Smith

July 9, 2020

Analysis, People

Pierre François Thaler of Ecovadis - Enabling the Sustainable Procurement Revolution

Peter Smith

July 9, 2020

Analysis, People

Pierre François Thaler of Ecovadis - Enabling the Sustainable Procurement Revolution

The founder of Ecovadis was ahead of his time - now the world is catching up to his vision on sustainability and collaboration.

Peter Smith

July 7, 2020

News, Good practice

Leicester Sweat Shops Drive Boohoo Share Price Crash

Peter Smith

July 7, 2020

News, Good practice

Leicester Sweat Shops Drive Boohoo Share Price Crash

Whether “modern slavery” lies behind the Leicester sweat-shops scandal or not, the effect has been disastrous for retailer Boohoo’s share price.

Peter Smith

June 26, 2020

Good practice, People

Paul Polizzotto – Entrepreneur and Social Benefit Visionary

Peter Smith

June 26, 2020

Good practice, People

Paul Polizzotto – Entrepreneur and Social Benefit Visionary

Paul Polizzotto of GiveWith is linking commerce drectly to the UN SDGs

Peter Smith

June 22, 2020

News, Good practice

Beyoncé and Supply Chain Diversity

Peter Smith

June 22, 2020

News, Good practice

Beyoncé launches directory for black-owned businsses; how diverse is your supply chain?

Peter Smith

June 17, 2020

Good practice, People

Nandini Basuthakur - Leading with Procurement Leaders

Peter Smith

June 17, 2020

Good practice, People

Nandini Basuthakur - Leading with Procurement Leaders

Nandini Basuthakur gives us her views on procurement with purpose from her unique vantage point.

Peter Smith

June 9, 2020

Good practice, People, Features

Sustainable Procurement at Unilever - Part 2

Peter Smith

June 9, 2020

Good practice, People, Features

Sustainable Procurement at Unilever - Part 2

More insight into Unilever’s very successful sustainable procurement programme, including six key take-aways.

Peter Smith

June 3, 2020

Features, Good practice, People

Sustainable Procurement at Unilever - Insight from Dave Ingram and Stephanie Schmid

Peter Smith

June 3, 2020

Features, Good practice, People

Sustainable Procurement at Unilever - Insight from Dave Ingram and Stephanie Schmid

Unilever has been a true leader in sustainable procurement for some years now. In our interview, two of the firm’s procurement leaders explain how this success has been achieved.

Peter Smith

May 28, 2020

Features, People

Kavita Cooper – Procurement with Purpose for Charities

Peter Smith

May 28, 2020

Features, People

Kavita Cooper – Procurement with Purpose for Charities

Kavita Cooper of Novo-K; Helping charities and driving procurement with purpose

Peter Smith

May 19, 2020

People, Features

Thomas Udesen of Bayer Talks About The Sustainable Procurement Pledge

Peter Smith

May 19, 2020

People, Features

Thomas Udesen of Bayer Talks About The Sustainable Procurement Pledge

Practitioners can sign up to be “ambassadors” for the cause

Peter Smith

May 13, 2020

Features, Good practice, People

Russell Picot - The Unlikely Climate Evangelist

Peter Smith

May 13, 2020

Features, Good practice, People

Russell Picot - The Unlikely Climate Evangelist

Interview with Russell Picot - changing the nature of company reporting to focus more on climate change and sustainability risks could drive huge change

Peter Smith

April 30, 2020

Analysis, News, Good practice

COVID-19 Is Not “Revenge” – But It Should Make Us Think About the Natural World

Peter Smith

April 30, 2020

Analysis, News, Good practice

COVID-19 Is Not “Revenge” – But It Should Make Us Think About the Natural World

COVID-19 raises big questions about relaionship with the natural world

Peter Smith

April 15, 2020

People, Analysis

David Shields - Driving Social Value in the Public Sector and Beyond

Peter Smith

April 15, 2020

People, Analysis

David Shields - Driving Social Value in the Public Sector and Beyond

David Shields, with the Contract for Change initiative, under the auspices of Social Value UK, is bringing his great energy and drive to UK public sector procurement with purpose.

Peter Smith

April 8, 2020

Good practice, Analysis

Taking action – Four Procurement with Purpose Options for Organisations

Peter Smith

April 8, 2020

Good practice, Analysis

Taking action – Four Procurement with Purpose Options for Organisations

There are four ways in which procurement can deliver “purposeful” actions, defined by different levels and types of supplier involvement

Peter Smith

March 27, 2020

Analysis, News

Procurement with Purpose Post-Pandemic - What Is It To Be?

Peter Smith

March 27, 2020

Analysis, News

Procurement with Purpose Post-Pandemic - What Is It To Be?

Will the coronavirus pandemic strengthen procurement with purpose, or kill if off?

Peter Smith

March 18, 2020

Analysis, Features, People, News

Does Coronavirus and Global Recession Spell the End of Procurement with Purpose?

Peter Smith

March 18, 2020

Analysis, Features, People, News

Does Coronavirus and Global Recession Spell the End of Procurement with Purpose?

The concern is that the positive steps we have seen in recent years around sustainable and purposeful procurement will go into reverse. Who cares about de-forestation or modern slavery when millions of jobs in the developed world are at stake?

Peter Smith

March 12, 2020

Analysis, Features

A Coffee Case Study - Even Child Labour Isn't a Simple Procurement With Purpose Issue

Peter Smith

March 12, 2020

Analysis, Features

A Coffee Case Study - Even Child Labour Isn't a Simple Procurement With Purpose Issue

Even child labour is not a simple procurement with purpose issue - as the Nespresso case shows.

Peter Smith

March 5, 2020

Analysis, Features

Climate Change, Coronavirus and the China Crisis - A Tipping Point for Global Buisness?

Peter Smith

March 5, 2020

Analysis, Features

Climate Change, Coronavirus and the China Crisis - A Tipping Point for Global Buisness?

We’ve had 30 years or so of uninterrupted growth in global trade and an approach to business that relied on outsourcing (at micro and macro levels) and global approaches to sourcing and selling. Perhaps that is about to change.

Peter Smith

March 1, 2020

Features, People

What Procurement with Purpose Means to Me - Peter Smith

Peter Smith

March 1, 2020

Features, People

What Procurement with Purpose Means to Me - Peter Smith

Peter Smith is one of the founders of the Procurement with Purpose movement. Here, he explains why this topic matters to him.