Purchasing and procurement

One of the key areas to boost the University’s sustainability is purchasing and procurement. The supply chain is usually responsible for the largest share of negative environmental externalities, such as greenhouse gas emissions. By influencing the supply chain, the University can also affect the ethical side of the business conducted on the premises. By focusing on responsible procurement and purchasing, we help to implement the SDGs (specifically SDG 3 – Good health and well-being, SDG 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure, and SDG 12 – Responsible consumption and production).

VŠE will introduce sustainable procurement and purchasing as a recognised standard and put it into practice in the form of pilot projects

Measures
  • Establish and publish standards and rules for sustainable purchasing and procurement.
  • Issue information materials for sustainable purchasing and procurement.
  • Provide advice on sustainable purchasing and procurement.
  • Develop a multi-criteria procurement tool, including sustainability indicators, in collaboration with academics and students.
  • Introduce life cycle costing (LCC) for significant investments.
  • Initiate supply chain collaboration, including preparation for Scope 3 emissions reporting.
  • Obtain Fairtrade University certification.