GO Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Benefit in Procurement Award

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is growing in importance, as consumers and the end-users of public services become more concerned with the ethical aspects of how these services are created and delivered. At the same time, community involvement in procurement has become more prevalent, with communities required to benefit directly from procurement initiatives. This Award recognises those organisations which have done more than most to incorporate CSR and Community Benefit in Procurement (CBiP) thinking into their procurement activities, ensuring a deeper, longer-lasting and wider spread of benefit than may otherwise have been achieved.

Timescale:
Procurement activity must have been active since at least April 2009

Open to:
Public/Private/Third Sector organisations

Awards:
One winner, one highly commended (if merited)

Criteria:

1. Please describe the CSR/Community initiative or approach that your organisation has instigated, and what it set out to achieve.
2. What aspects of the initiative or approach are particularly innovative, creative and groundbreaking (while remaining within the bounds of procurement legislation)?
3. What level of engagement has been achieved with parties outside of the contracting organisation (for example, other organisations, suppliers, the local community or other interested groups)?
4. What were the expected outcomes of the initiative or approach, and whatsuccess has been achieved to date? Where possible, please provide evidence of targets set and performance or measurable benefits achieved.
5. Has your organisation spread the benefit of this initiative or approach to other organisations? If so, how and what results have been achieved?
6. Please provide any other information that you believe is supportive of this entry.