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Sustainability and maturity in procurement

150 views 23. november 2023

This video is about quality in procurement. There are several models that specify what is needed for an organization to be labeled good at procurement. This video gived an overview of the most referred to model and reflects upon the lack of measures of sustainability in these models.

Sustainability and maturity in procurement - extracts

179 views 23. november 2023

This video is about quality in procurement. There are several models that specify what is needed for an organization to be labeled good at procurement. This video gived an overview of the most referred to model and reflects upon the lack of measures of sustainability in these models.

What companies want from municipalities to strengthen sustainability?

151 views 23. november 2023

84% of the companies consider it important that municipalities take more active role in supporting a sustainable transitions. Only 1% consider the municipalities to have a big or very big role in sustainabilitywork today. Municipalities do not use all the possibilities they have to be a driving force for sustainable transitions. Often the...

Findings from BDO report: What do companies want from the municipalities?

201 views 23. november 2023

In this video, Line Begby, manager advisor at BDO, presents central findings from a BDO report, on what companies wants from municipalities: a large majority finds it important that municipalities take an active role in supporting the sustainable transition, but only a minority finds that the municipalities already do so. When it comes to...

Is local always sustainable?

156 views 23. november 2023

In this video professor Nicolaas Stijn Groenendijk on the term local in procurement. Sometimes what is local is also sustainable, but not always. In this video Nicolaas reflects upon the contradictions and tradeoffs we need to consider when we want to buy more sustainably

Sustainable Catering

141 views 23. november 2023

Asle A. Orseth, senior advisor in the procurement department of the University of Oslo explains, in this video, how he has worked with the University’s new catering contract. They have put sustainability high on the agenda, and has set a new standard for catering. They used a fixed price competition and have implemented an incentive model. One...

Short and transparent supply chains for direct food trade

133 views 21. november 2023

This video explains how to transition to short and transparent supply chains for direct food trade. Maximo Graesse explains how this does not increase costs. You can organize differently and buy organic and fresh food, for the same price. He urges leaders to be leaders and take responsibility for a transition towards a more sustainable food system

Food and quality and deliciousness in the public sector

151 views 21. november 2023

In this video Andreas Viestad explains how educating children about food and emphasizing the taste and quality of food is important for our quality of life. Children need to see where the food comes from and participate in growing vegetables and in cooking. He also explains how and why this is sustainable and why we should put more emphasis on...