Reflecting its multi-stakeholder and multi-sector origins, the Council is structured as a collaborative space in which many organizations and individuals are working together to bring clarity, consistency, and coordination to sustainable purchasing. The Council staff manages a number of program activities through which members share experience, codify best practices, develop staff expertise, gain insight into trends, and earn leadership recognition.
Program Activities
- Membership
- A leadership network and community of practice.
- Member committees solving shared challenges.
- Professional development
- Tool development
- Principles for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing, v1.0
- Guidance for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing, v2.0
- Purchasing Category Guidance
- SPLC BENCHMARK℠ Platform for Measuring and Benchmarking Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing
- Rating System for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing v1.0
- Model Sustainable Purchasing Policy & Handbook
- Sustainable Supplier Development Workshop Toolkit
- Convenings
- 2017 Summit, 2016 Summit, 2015 Summit, 2014 Summit, Founding Summit
- Workshops & expert gatherings offered alongside other events throughout the year
- Solution Matching
- SPLC Connect
- Sponsorships
- Supplier recommendations
- Awards
- Leadership Awards – Honoring organizations whose work has advanced the sustainable purchasing movement
- Outreach
- Giving talks to raise the visibility of sustainable purchasing
- Working Groups
- SPLC seeks to implement the recommendations of the Supplier Development Working Group (SDWG) and the Supplier Assessment Working Group (SAWG).