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BOSS Today #55

the Sustainable Leadership Award at enshrined within public sector tendering
the last BOSS Awards – explains, this practices by using the TOMs (Themes,
has meant a shift from people talking Outcomes and Measures) calculator:
about just the environment when it “What the Government is now really
comes to sustainability to sustainability looking to know is what percentage
encompassing social, environmental of their spend on essential workplace
and economic actions. “Everything is supplies is going to be invested in three
broadening out now so as not to be areas: Economy, Education and the
focused on one specific thing: for example, Environment. In effect, they are now
Social Value is now being considered: allocating 20% of the marks on tender to “price is becoming less
eg FSC was originally set up to counter price, 30% to sustainability, 20% to social
value, and 30% to product quality. It used important and they’re
deforestation but now it has a whole
section on labour and managing the to be 80% on price, so price is becoming brining in these other
workforce.” There is also very much a move less important and they’re bringing in all considerations. It’s now all
from commitment into action: “We’ve these other considerations. It’s now all
gone through the phase where everyone about how you do business: your practises about how you do business.”
was announcing big targets, but people and how you evidence them.” Isy Spence,
very quickly realised that commitments As a result, as Andrew Bryers – Head Group Marketing Director,
don’t mean anything if you’re not acting of Corporate Social Responsibility at EVO
upon them. We are also seeing government Lyreco UK, who won the BOSS Award for
regulations increase, such as the Plastic Equality, Diversity and Inclusion last year
Packaging Tax (PPT) and Extended – points out, “It’s not a bolt on: you’ve
Producer Responsibility (EPR), and where got to align it with everything that you
there is currently a lack of legislation, do. At the end of the day, no business
companies are also increasingly putting will be successful unless it embraces
demands on each other.” sustainability within their organisation
Indeed, as Isy Spence – recently- and it’s not just the products you sell, it’s
appointed Group Marketing Director the whole culture of your organisation
for EVO – reports, Social Value is now that you’re changing.”

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