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Comparing the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) with the CO2 Performance Ladder
Action Sustainability Wins Prestigious 2024 SPLC Leadership Award for Sustainable Procurement Excellence
Chocolate Supply Chains: The not so Sweet Treat
The top three sustainability impact areas in the fashion industry
What can we learn from the retail and FMCG sector’s modern slavery approach?
How to Prepare Your Business for Climate Change Risks
What BS 25700 Means for Modern Slavery Risk Management
Miko Coffee: A Journey Towards Sustainability with the COâ‚‚ Performance Ladder
The Beginner’s Guide to Navigating CSRD RequirementsÂ
The Future of Contract Management
AMP 8: Navigating the Future of Water Sustainability
7 Key Lessons from TfL’s Implementation of the COâ‚‚ Performance LadderÂ
Evaluating Carbon Emissions: Insights from COP29 and the Path to Sustainability
How the COâ‚‚ Performance Ladder Validates Your Decarbonisation Efforts
COP29 Key Headlines and Outcomes Explained
A Week in Sustainability: A Work Experience Reflection at Action Sustainability
The beginners guide to addressing modern slavery risks
SMEs Encouraged to Integrate Social Value with New Procurement GuideÂ
COP29: Our Subject Matter Experts Share their Perspectives
Navigating the Complexities of Supply Chain Carbon Reporting
My Experience at Action Sustainability: A 7-week Internship
Embedding Carbon into Sustainable Procurement
Sustainable Event Procurement: The Indirect Spend Question for Many Organisations
Most Common Challenges in Carbon Emissions Reporting for Supply Chain Organisations
An introduction to understanding social value
Top Tips for Engaging Your Staff in Sustainability
The Strategic Importance of Sustainability Reporting
Procurement Guide to Evaluating Modern Slavery Policies: Identifying Best Practice and Red Flags
What is EDI?
Why is diversity and inclusion important?Â
What is carbon reporting?Â
What are scope 3 emissions and why do they matter?Â
What is sustainable procurement?Â
How to develop a sustainability strategy?Â
What is social value?Â
What are the three pillars of sustainability?Â
What is SECR?Â
What is a modern slavery statement?Â
Embedding carbon in sustainable procurement and supply chains with ISO 20400
Top tips for an effective double materiality assessment
Embracing sustainable travel: top tips to travel more sustainably
Sunscreen’s impact on oceans and how to mitigate it
How Paris is aiming to be the most sustainable Olympics yet
From barriers to solutions: procurement challenges for UK SMEs
Walk the walk: NHS NOE CPC – prioritising social value in the NHS
New Report: Decoding HVO for responsible biofuel procurement
COâ‚‚ Performance Ladder Performance Ladder Pilot Launches in the UK
Navigating evolving principles of risk: sustainability and supply chain resilience
Navigating the challenges of a Just Transition
Strengthening supply chain resilience through modern slavery due diligence
Enhancing social audits in modern slavery due diligence
Navigating sustainable eating: practical tips for a greener lifestyle
Addressing greenwashing in football
What is a Circular Economy & how can we apply it to everyday life
The Public Procurement Act 2023: Here’s what you need to know
Tackling Complacency in the Face of the Climate Crisis
ESG and Sustainability – What’s the Difference?
Largest UK Diversity Survey Reveals Ongoing Challenges For Ethnic Minorities in Built Environment Sector
COP28: Key Headlines and Outcomes Explained
COP28: Our Subject Matter Experts Share their Perspectives
The top five tips for a successful sustainability strategy implementation
Meet The Team: Hattie Webb
Anti-Slavery Day 2023: How technology is driving modern slavery
The top five tips for developing a sports sustainability strategy
Embracing Dyslexia at Work: My Journey of Support
The enablers of ISO 20400 explained
Practical Procurement Guidance Launched to Combat Modern Slavery in Solar PV Supply Chains
New Report Chronicles Pathways to Sustainable Procurement
The top three ways you can implement sustainability into your business
Here’s why we should be designing out waste
Meet The Team: Will Glover
What is ‘Just Transition’ in sustainability?
The top five sustainability impact areas in sport
How can we achieve decarbonisation in our buildings and construction sector?
Due diligence in modern slavery: Eight myths debunked
Where does the UK’s response to modern slavery rank?
The top five tips for driving Climate Action
How can SMEs play an important role in the UK’s Net Zero targets?
Report finds Supply Chain Sustainability School Continues to Positively Impact a Sustainable UK Built Environment
Measure Diversity and Inclusion using our bespoke reporting tool
Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting is Key – New Guidance Available
Can offsite construction help us decarbonise the built environment?
The drivers of ISO 20400 explained
The fundamentals of ISO 20400 explained
How sustainable procurement can reduce your carbon footprint
Top sustainability tips to get your organisation spring ready
Your Modern Slavery Statement and the role of BS25700
How we offset our carbon emissions
National Apprenticeship Week 2023: Interview with Liban
Largest-ever Data Survey on Employee Diversity
Action Sustainability presented with Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development
Top tips for developing effective sustainability e-learning
The what, why, and how of supply chain mapping
Walk the Walk: VfL Bochum – How sustainability and football can work together
Everything you need to know from week 2 of COP27
Five tips to introduce social value within your organisation
Everything you need to know from week 1 of COP27
The role of technology in fighting forced labour
Five key climate action tips for the retail and FMCG sectors
Why does your sustainability strategy need to evolve?
How to Measure Your Supply Chain’s Carbon Emissions
How can the Utilities Sector Address Modern Slavery?
How Can Your Business Make an Impactful Stand Against Modern Slavery?
How can the healthcare industry address modern slavery?
In Conversation: CHAS and Engaging SMEs With Anti-Modern Slavery Efforts
Summer Drought: Tips and tricks to reduce water consumption on construction sites
3 Sustainability Tips from Award-Winning Sustainable Organisations
Collaborating for Sustainability: a Case Study
Top tips for Developing a Sustainability Strategy
How can sustainable procurement support your Net Zero journey?
Why Gen Zers (Like Me) Are Challenging Businesses to Act More Sustainably
A Standard Approach to Addressing Modern Slavery
Meet the Team: Emma-Jane Allen
Meet The Team: Charles Naud
Three Challenges in Carbon Reporting and How To Deal With Them
Supply Chain Sustainability School Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Shifting Baselines in Biodiversity Conservation
What does the Ukraine crisis mean for the construction industry’s supply chain resilience?
The changing landscape of procurement competencies
Meet The Team: Mellita D’Silva
Women are the key to resilient supply chains
Navigating unsustainable decisions and ethical dilemmas
Rising Energy Prices: Solutions to save the construction industry
Meet The Team: Andrew Wilson
The key to measuring carbon emissions in your supply chain
What’s the difference between scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions?
Should we stop treating soil like dirt?
Walk the Walk: NHS England, Improvement, and Supply Chain
Meet The Team: Robyn Conway
Transport Sector Join Forces to Record Largest-Ever UK Data Survey on Employee Diversity
An SME’s perspective of calculating and offsetting carbon emissions
Meet The Team: David Emery
The top three most asked sustainability questions
How to make a big difference to your carbon emissions this year
ISO 20400 2017-2021 Progress Report
COP26 week1
Action Sustainability recognised for commitment to workplace excellence with Best Companies accolade
FREE carbon calculator for supply chains
7 Ways to Amplify Your Influence This Earth Day
Tackling Plastic Waste At Home
Delivering Real Social Value – Apprenticeships, Procurement and Employment
Complying with the Modern Slavery Act is easy…isn’t it?
Construction Apprenticeships: the reality and what we can each do to make it better
Monetise social value: How can organisations start?
How to include social value in procurement processes
Action Sustainability joins the modern slavery pledge
Action Sustainability celebrates Living Wage commitment
Action Sustainability forms Partnership with Ardea International
Can you standardise Modern Slavery?
It’s time to move on from the [in]Flexible Framework
The Golden Principles of Sustainable Procurement
First Impressions of the ISO 20400 Standard
The evolution of sustainable procurement
ISO 20400: So what’s it all about?
Case Studies
SET Embeds Social Value into their Procurement to Drive Supply Chain Collaboration
STRABAG UK Embeds Sustainable Procurement to Drive Continuous Improvement within their Organisation​
SUEZ UK Advances Sustainable Procurement Process through full ISO20400 Evaluation
Garland Advances Sustainability Strategy with Tailored Report
Amtico Improves Transparency Through Updated Sustainability Report
ESB Aligns Sustainable Procurement Processes through full ISO20400 Evaluation
National Trust Transforms their Procurement Process Through a Materiality Assessment
Siemens Mobility UK improves sustainable procurement to benefit their business and supply chain
SP Energy Networks Advances Social Sustainability with Just Transition Strategy
Tilbury Douglas Strengthens Modern Slavery Due Diligence Through BS 25700 Framework
Balfour Beatty Strengthens Future Procurement Strategies through ITT Question Review
Willmott Dixon Engages Supply Chain with the Carbon Calculator
Keepmoat Homes Aligns Sustainable Procurement Processes Through Full ISO20400 Evaluation
Amtico Improves Strategic Direction Through Double Materiality Assessment
HS2 Transforms Internal EDI Practices With the Diversity Tool
Canary Wharf Group Accurately Captures Scope 3 Emissions with Carbon Calculator
Grosvenor Improves Supply Chain Partnerships with Sustainability Tool
EKFB Drives Sustainable Performance with Sustainability Tool
National Highways Drives Diversity and Inclusion with Diversity Tool
BAM Achieves Greater Transparency and Supplier Engagement with Carbon Calculator
Protec Advances Sustainability Initiatives with Holistic Sustainability Strategy
Lower Thames Crossing achieves gold status through tailored training programme
Allwyn UK Integrates Social Value into their Procurement Process
SSE Advances Several Areas with Sustainability Strategy
Laing O’Rourke Upskills Procurement Team through Supply Chain Improvement Programme
Morgan Sindall Upskills their Procurement Team Through Supply Chain Improvement Programme
London Universities Purchasing Consortium Advances Procurement Process with Full ISO20400 Evaluation
Amtico Advances Sustainability Strategy with Comprehensive Roadmap
Octavis Infrastructure Upskills their Team through Supply Chain Improvement Programme
City of London Advances Net Zero Targets with Low Carbon Procurement Guide
Landsec Transforms Supply Chain Through Redevelopment of Sustainable Procurement Policy
SBCC Empowered with Tools and Knowledge Through SME Programme
Keepmoat Homes Improve Quality Control with Carbon Footprint Verification
Restaurant Brands International Upskills Supply Chain on Sustainability Topics Through E-Learning
West London Local Authorities Advances Net Zero Targets with Procurement Toolkit
Transport for London Identifies High-Risk Areas with Modern Slavery Risk Assessment
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster Upskilled on Modern Slavery Due Dillignece
University of Warwick Optimises Sustainability Efforts with Scope 3 Carbon Calculator
Szerelmey Advance Sustainability Vision With Holistic Strategy
Landsec Embeds Sustainable Procurment with Supply Chain Commitment
Garland UK Improves Risk Mitigation Through Sustainability Strategy
J Murphy & Sons Improves Knowledge of HVO Through Due Diligence Review
HE Simm Group Improves Risk Mitigation Through Sustainability Strategy
Morgan Sindall Improve Sustainable Procurement Performance with ISO 20400 Evaluation
Southeastern Railway Optimises Sustainable Procurement Performance with ISO 20400 Evaluation
Barts Trust Advances Social Value Objectives Through Comprehensive Tender Questions
Avanti West Coast Boosts Sustainable Procurement Performance through ISO 20400 Evaluation
Falmouth Exeter Plus Aligns with ISO 20400 Standard for Sustainable Procurement Strategy
Siemens Mobility Upskills Team Through Sustainability Support
Anglian Water Services Aligned with ISO 20400 Standard Through Sustainability Strategy
LMJV Advances HS2 Project Goals through Tailored Measurement Solution
Grosvenor Advances Sustainability Goals by Implementing Tailored Measurement Solution
Houses of Commons Enhances Reporting & Monitoring of Performance Using Tailored Measurement Solution
RSSB Advances Environmental Monitoring Efforts Using Tailored Measurement Solution
Bouygues Enhances Sustainability Tracking with Tailored Measurement Solution
GWR Advances Sustainable Supply Chain Processes through ISO 20400 Alignment
Balfour Beatty Re-evaluates Procurement Approach to Enhance Sustainability with ISO 20400 Assessment
Go-Ahead Group Enhances Procurement Processes with ISO 20400 Alignment through Sustainable Charter
TechnipFMC Advances Responsible Business Practices by Collaborating with Action Sustainability
NHS Blood and Transport Leads Health Sector with ISO 20400 Evaluation
Leading Property Client Benefits from ISO 20400 Supply Chain Training
GCB Partners with Action Sustainability for E-Learning Module Development
HS2 Advances Carbon Strategy with Action Sustainability’s Expertise
Network Rail Embeds Sustainability into Great Western Modernisation Programme
ISCA Enhances Supply Chain Sustainability Through Tailored Procurement Strategies
SHC Enhances Sustainability Awareness in Procurement through Comprehensive Study
ICMM Partners with Action Sustainability to Improve Sustainable Procurement Policies
ENGIE UK & Ireland Enhances Procurement Sustainability through BS 8903 Reassessment
British Land Strengthens Supply Chain Strategy with Sustainability Risk Assessment
Events
Webinar: The Importance of Addressing Modern Slavery in a Just Transition
Webinar: Navigating ESG reporting: a practical approach to CSRD
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Training Sessions – Supply Chain Sustainability School Ireland
Training Sessions – Supply Chain Sustainability School UK
Conferences Programme – Supply Chain Sustainability School
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Diversity Survey Benchmarking Report 2024
Embedding Social Value in Procurement A Practical Guide for SMEs
Responsible Sourcing of HVO Report
Navigating Social Value
Diversity Survey Benchmarking Report 2023
Addressing Modern Slavery in Solar PV Supply Chains
The State of Sustainable Procurement report
Diversity Survey 2022
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