Sustainable Procurement

USING PROCUREMENT TO CREATE A POSITIVE CHANGE

Sustainable Fashion, Apparel & Footwear

USING THE FASHION INDUSTRY'S INFLUENCE TO DRIVE CHANGE

Having visibility of your value chain and knowing what impacts your procurement decisions are having on other human beings, and our natural world, are a growing requirement of doing business in the 21st century.

What is Sustainable Procurement?

Sustainable procurement is the act of using your purchasing decisions to have a positive impact on people, the environment, and the economy. 

The Go Well team have over 15 years’ experience working with international and domestic supply chains across multiple different industries. 

We have in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of procurement risks and challenges, and growing reporting expectations. Following the guidance of ISO 20400:2017, and the GRI and B Corp frameworks, we work with your business to ensure sustainable procurement practices are adopted throughout your organisation. 

Benefits:

Sustainable procurement involves taking a holistic and well-informed approach to your purchasing decisions that results in multiple benefits to your business, including: 

  • Future-proofing your business 
  • Improved relationships with suppliers 
  • Identifying risks and establishing remediation plans 
  • Certainty of supply 
  • Reducing risks of human exploitation, modern slavery, and environmental degradation in your supply chain 
  • Innovation and technological advances in the supply chain 
  • Reducing resource consumption, waste, and costs 
  • Competitive advantage 
  • Supporting achievement of the SDGs and improving people’s lives 

Sustainable Procurement Services

Transparency &
Due Diligence

Diving deep, we help businesses to knock down the opaque walls of their supply chain and enable a transparent pathway for risk management. To ensure your due diligence efforts are effective, we work closely with you and your suppliers to help identify, prevent, and mitigate any adverse impacts, and take sustainable action.

Risk
Assessment

Global supply chains have a heightened level of risk for businesses, due to the lack of transparency, differences in legislation, lack of control or influence over suppliers, and lack of environmental stewardship. Go Well help your business to identify and assess the risks in your supply chain, then work with you and your suppliers to help mitigate and remedy any certain or potential risks, and ensure you are well informed for all future decision making.

Modern
Slavery

With increasing stakeholder and legislative pressure across the globe, businesses need to take action on modern slavery. We can help you develop a Modern Slavery Statement and policies that are aligned to global legislation, and support you to identify, avoid, and remediate modern slavery in your operations and supply chain.

Sourcing

Our in-house specialist sourcing team can help you connect with exceptional suppliers of products or materials who have been verified with our best practice approach. We also develop training and educational materials to help your own teams be able to source sustainably with confidence.

Policies

To ensure your sustainable procurement goals are communicated effectively with all your stakeholders, Go Well can help you develop policies, such as a Supplier Code of Conduct, an Environmental Policy, a Responsible Purchasing Policy, and/or a Procurement Policy.

Circular Procurement

By following the three principles of the Circular Economy, and through our step-by-step approach, our support and guidance can help your business discover the benefits of circular procurement and circular business models. Go Well can help you take action by educating and upskilling your team and identifying the infrastructure and resources needed to help you succeed in this new economy.

If you would like our support with sustainability procurement, please get in touch.