How can responsible procurement improve sustainability performance

How can responsible procurement improve sustainability performance? There is no question that we must reduce our carbon emissions and safeguard those people working in our supply chains, but how do we practically do that?  One way is to ensure that our procurement and supply chain processes help us, not hinder us, to meet our sustainability targets. Ian Schollar, the Head of CIPS Business Study Centre at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply will explore what organisations can do at each stage of the procurement cycle to help create the right environment for sustainability success.

This event is open-to-all: register here.

Introducing Ian:

Ian Schollar is the Head of CIPS Business Study Centre at CIPS and has had a progressive career in procurement, commercial and development roles spanning over 30 years in both public and private sectors.

He started his career with Mallory Batteries (Duracell) in 1983, before spending 15 years working within both central and local public sector organisations.  He was responsible for procuring a diverse range of categories from breathing apparatus for fire fighters to high tech radar systems for air traffic controllers.  In 1998, Ian became a Senior Advisor for Crown Agents, an International Development Agency.  He was project lead on numerous capacity building projects working in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe and headed up the procurement and supply chain training at their Training Centre.

Ian has worked at CIPS since 2005 and has a particular passion for Sustainability.  Ian is a Fellow of the Institute and holds a Master’s Degree in Management, Learning and Leadership from Lancaster University Management School.