{"id":659,"date":"2018-07-18T10:13:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T09:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=659"},"modified":"2018-07-18T10:13:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T09:13:40","slug":"sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/07\/18\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Procurement Duty tools updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To help contracting authorities optimise economic, social and environmental outcomes of procurement activity, we produced a series of tools. Using these tools can help organisations comply with the sustainable procurement duty. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/About\/Performance\/scotPerforms\/partnerstories\/SustainablePublicProcurementPrioritisationTool\">Prioritisation Tool<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/policy\/corporate-responsibility\/Sustainability\/ScottishProcess\/SustainableProcurementTools\/SustainabilityTest\">Sustainability Test<\/a> have been updated to include revised indicators for fair and ethically traded. These indicators have more information to help identify risks or opportunities to do more.<\/p>\n<p>All the tools are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/policy\/corporate-responsibility\/Sustainability\/ScottishProcess\/SustainableProcurementTools\">on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These tools will continue to develop so your feedback is welcome. 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