{"id":1338,"date":"2019-08-14T15:54:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T14:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2019-08-14T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T14:54:07","slug":"updated-sustainable-procurement-duty-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/14\/updated-sustainable-procurement-duty-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated sustainable procurement duty tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using our sustainable procurement tools can help to optimise economic, social and environmental outcomes of procurement activity. They can also help you comply with the Sustainable Procurement Duty. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools\/\">Prioritisation Tool and the Sustainability Test<\/a> have been updated to include revised indicators for Fair Work and equality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What changes have been made?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Fair Work indicator now takes account of the Fair Work First default position<\/li>\n<li>The equality indicator now helps identify and pursue equality outcomes<\/li>\n<li>The equality supporting guidance has been updated in line with the Fair Work indicator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris Oswald of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said: &#8220;The equality supporting guidance is really good, covers the bases and sets the right tone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All the sustainable procurement tools and supporting guidance are available on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/sustainable-procurement-guidance\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These resources will continue to be developed and your feedback is welcome. Please send your comments to the Scottish Procurement <a href=\"mailto:scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">mailbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revised indicators for Fair Work and equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":1345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,138,1,235],"tags":[372,211,225,226,224,291],"class_list":["post-1338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fair-work","category-sustainability","category-uncategorized","category-useful-tools","tag-equality","tag-fair-work","tag-prioritisation-tool","tag-sustainability-test","tag-sustainable-procurement","tag-sustainable-procurement-duty-tools"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Updated sustainable procurement duty tools - 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