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Procurement
These are actions you can take to review and improve the way your setting purchases goods and services. Using more sustainable suppliers will help you reach Net Zero.
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Milestones are key actions that enable you to complete your aims. You can also use them as points to share and celebrate your progress.
Use the findings from your food and catering audit to identify simple, immediate changes which will make your setting's food practices more sustainable.
This actions involves asking your significant suppliers and partners to provide information about their organisation and the products and services they provide, that will help you to more accurately calculate your carbon footprint.
Outline a strategy to renew or renegotiate contracts for your electricity and gas supply, with a focus on cost savings and sustainability. This plan typically includes steps such as assessing current energy usage and costs, researching renewable energy options and suppliers, soliciting bids or proposals from energy providers, evaluating contract terms and pricing structures, and negotiating favourable agreements.
By engaging with your energy suppliers and partners, you will be able to start exploring more sustainable energy supply options, such as solar panels, heat pumps, renewable energy supply contracts, and even wind turbines.
Talk to the companies that provide your setting's energy about your sustainability goals. They can support you in a variety of ways.