Green Electronics Council (GEC)
Additional Sustainable Procurement Training
GEC offers a suite of training services that meets procurement professionals and organizations where they are – their existing procurement processes, systems and level of sustainability knowledge. Procurement-focused and not a lecture on sustainability. Designed to strengthen existing procurement processes and accelerate the transition to sustainable procurement. Meeting procurement professionals and organizations where they are.
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Webinars
- One hour introduction to specific issues.
- Examples of sustainable procurement.
- Best practices.
Workshops
- Half-day session.
- Key elements of sustainable procurement.
- Essential steps for implementation.
Cohort Training
- 1.5 hour session per month over 6 months.
- Classroom style training with “take-away” exercises.
- Topics include prioritizing, ICT as spend category, suppliers, internal teams, tracking & reporting, communicating value.
- Choose credible ecolabels through GEC’s Ecolabel Tool (streamlined version of US EPA Guidelines).
- Share challenges and insights.
- Develop support network of other professionals.
Customized Modules
- Customized modules for procurement teams – select the most applicable for your team.
- Landscape – market trends, legislation, policies, mandates.
- Policy, specification, contract development.
- Spend analysis, prioritizing spend categories.
- Ecolabels and a credibility decision matrix.
- Incorporating organizational sustainability goals.
- Linking benefits to broader organization.
- Ongoing maintenance.
Advisory Services
- Deeper and more focused support.
- Sustainable procurement program development.
- Implementation, research and/or additional training.