NEWS ADVISORY: 2017 Leadership Awards for Sustainable Purchasing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4 2017
CONTACT: Cuchulain Kelly, 202-607-2600 x202, cuchulain@sustainablepurchasing.org
NEWS ADVISORY:
2017 LEADERSHIP AWARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING
DENVER CO – On Tuesday, May 9th, the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) — a non profit organization with more than 180 members representing over $200 billion in collective purchasing power — will recognize thirty six organizations and nine individuals who have leveraged institutional purchasing power to advance the long term health and vitality of society, economies, and the planet.
The award winners employed a wide range of sustainable purchasing strategies and documented measurable environmental, social, and/or economic benefits. Examples include:
- The State of New York’s comprehensive interagency approach to sustainable procurement resulting in 43 green specifications being developed covering 86 different commodity, service or technology products.
- The State of California Department of General Services’ work analyzing the environmental impacts of over $97 billion in spend using a life cycle analysis approach;
- Shaw Industries Group, Inc.’s unique collaboration with suppliers and customers to develop a commercial carpet tile product made largely from reclaimed materials, which uses significantly less energy and water than standard carpet, and which is fully recyclable; and
- A collaboration between University of Pennsylvania and Wash Cycle Laundry to process and deliver laundry in the most sustainable way possible, while also generating upwardly mobile job opportunities for vulnerable job seekers in the area.
Winners of the Council’s Outstanding Case Study Award will be honored for documenting how they achieved these results in detailed case studies that are published in SPLC’s Case Study Library. (See full list of the Outstanding Case Study Award winners below.)
The winners of the Council’s highest honors – nine juried Leadership Awards – are selected from this pool, and will be revealed and presented with their awards during the ceremony on Monday the 9th May. A single individual will also be selected to receive the Council’s prestigious Individual Leadership Award.
The Leadership Award winners were selected by a prestigious jury from government, the private sector, and civil society. When case studies were submitted by judges’ own organizations, the judge did not review any cases in that category.
Juror Name | Title and Organization |
Dana Arnold | Chief, Sustainability Branch, General Services Administration |
Lisa Colicchio | Director Corporate Responsibility, CBRE |
Cynthia Cummis | Director Private Sector Climate Mitigation, World Resources Institute |
Christopher Davis | Sustainability Consultant Global Energy & Sustainability, CBRE |
Whit Faulconer | Independent |
Stacey Foreman | Sustainable Procurement Coordinator, City of Portland Oregon |
Betsy Hayes | Chief Procurement Officer, Minnesota Department of Administration, Office of State Procurement |
Judy Pines | Director Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing, Hilton |
Tiffany Rodriguez | Expert Supply Chain Responsibility Program Consultant, PG&E |
George Schutter | Chief Procurement Officer, District of Columbia |
Matthew Swibel | Director Enterprise Risk and Sustainability, Lockheed Martin |
Justin Troy | Sourcing Manager – Supplier Relationship Management, FedEx Services |
SPLC’s Leadership Awards recognize organizations that have demonstrated or actively supported the kind of leadership envisioned in the SPLC’s Principles for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing. The Principles state that an organization demonstrates leadership in sustainable purchasing through:
- Understanding the environmental, social, and economic impacts of its purchasing.
- Taking responsibility for the environmental, social, and economic impacts of its purchasing by committing to an action plan.
- Delivering on its commitment to improve the environmental, social, and economic impacts of its purchasing.
- Actively promoting internal and external innovation that advances a positive future.
- Soliciting and disclosing information that supports a marketplace of innovation.
“The winners of these Awards have each demonstrated their commitment to leadership in sustainable purchasing,” says SPLC Executive Director Jason Pearson. “Collectively, they focus the powerful purchasing influence of organizations — in public and private sectors alike — to advance a socially just, ecologically robust, and economically prosperous future. The winners of SPLC’s Leadership Awards exemplify, encourage, and support a constructive cycle of innovation that will define the global marketplace of tomorrow.”
About the SPLC:
Founded in 2013, the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council convenes buyers, suppliers, and public interest advocates to develop programs that simplify and standardize sustainable purchasing efforts by large organizations. The Council has quickly attracted, from a wide variety of sectors and regions, more than 180 members with over $200 billion in collective purchasing power. In 2015, SPLC released Guidance for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing v1.0, which has been called the “most comprehensive literature to date” on sustainable purchasing. Hundreds of organizations are now using SPLC’s Guidance, resources, and online community of practice to create strategic sustainable purchasing programs, or enhance existing ones.
About the Awards: www.sustainablepurchasing.org/awards
About the Principles: http://www.sustainablepurchasing.org/principles
About the Guidance: https://www.sustainablepurchasing.org/guidance
About SPLC’s members: https://www.sustainablepurchasing.org/members
List of Outstanding Case Awards
The following organizations or individuals will receive an Outstanding Case Study Award in recognition of their contribution of a valuable case study to the online library of case studies in SPLC’s online Community.
Organization | Case Study Title |
Apex Clean Energy | Providing Energy Security to Fort Hood |
Booz Allen Hamilton | Booz Allen Gets a Great Green Idea to Redirect Waste from Landfills |
Caesars Entertainment | The Wine Keg Program at Caesars Entertainment |
Center for Environmental Health | Kicking Toxic Chemicals Out of Office Furniture – Getting Rid of the “Hazardous Handful” |
China Environmental United Certification Center | China Government’s Procurement of Environmental Labelled Products |
Citi | Citi’s Supply Chain Sustainability Program |
City of San Francisco, California | Charging Ahead: How To Find Powerful Rechargeable Batteries That Go On…And On |
City of Santa Monica, California | Meatless in March |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Operational Services Division | The Healthy Furniture Contract |
Compliance Hub | Compliance Support and Supplier Engagement |
Digital Realty Trust | Responsiveness: How One Buyer is Using Renewable Energy to Meet Multiple Objectives |
EarthCheck | Sustainable Supply Chain Tool: Partnership with Banyan Resorts |
Ecomedes | Leveraging Data to Simplify and Streamline Sustainable Procurement |
Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance (EUISSCA) | A Leader in Driving Towards a Robust and Sustainable Electric Utility Industry Supply Chain |
FedEx | Developing a Closed Loop Recycling System for Plastic Sort Bags |
Diesel Exhaust Fluid Waste Reduction | |
Leveraging a Shared Services Model to Impact Sustainability | |
The Baddour Center | |
Hilton | Organic Waste Diversion |
Sustainable Landscaping Solution | |
HP | Bringing Sustainability Full Circle: HP’s Circular Economy Journey |
Indian Railways | Increasing Participation of Micro & Small Enterprises in Public Procurement |
King County, Washington | King County’s Long-Term Renewable Electricity Purchase |
King County, Washington | Solar Security Lighting for Metro Bus Shelters |
Lockheed Martin | Small Business Strong |
MindClick | Improving EPP Information to Enable Better Purchasing in Healthcare |
Multnomah County, Oregon | Enterprise Resource Planning System RFP Project Management |
Office Depot | Integrating Sustainability into the Business System: Creation of Internal ‘Change Agents’ |
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) | PG&E’s Supply Chain Responsibility Program |
Street Light Replacement | |
V-gard GREEN Hard Hat | |
Railsponsible | The Railway Industry’s Sustainable Procurement Initiative |
Responsible Purchasing Network and USDN | Creation of a Sustainable Procurement Playbook for Cities |
Shaw Industries Group | What if Carpet Never Had to be Sent to the Landfill? |
State of California, Department of General Services | Spend Analysis Pilot Project California’s State Spend for Fiscal Years 2012-2015 |
State of Minnesota, Office of State Procurement | Combined Approaches for Increasing Diversity & Inclusion |
State of New York, Office of General Services | The New York State Green Procurement and Agency Sustainability Program |
Stockholm County Council | Leading Human Rights Due Diligence in Global Supply Chains Through Public Procurement |
Swedish County Councils | Surgical Glove Manufacturing in Malaysia |
TCO Development | Measuring Social Responsibility Improvements in IT Product Manufacturing, 2016 |
University of California, Office of the President | Procurement and Sustainability Partnership: Energy-Efficient Research Freezers |
VF Corporation | VF Paper Program |
University of Pennsylvania & Wash Cycle Laundry | Anchor Institutions and Small Businesses Implementing Sustainable Solutions |
Individual Awards Nominees
The following individuals were nominated for the Individual Leadership Award.
Individuals | Organization |
Alicia Culver | Responsible Purchasing Network |
Kevin Funk | General Services Administration |
Kristy Garcia | City of Mesa, Arizona |
David Green | BASF Construction Chemicals |
Johanna Kertesz | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |
Sanjay Kumar | Ministry of Railways, Government of India |
Will Smelko | Ora Organic |
Julia Wolfe | Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Melissa Yusilon | City of Los Angeles |
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