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Key Factors affecting Sustainable Purchasing Leadership in sustainable purchasing involves thinking expansively and holistically about the full range of factors and operating contexts that an organization may need to consider and address when implementing a purchasing program. The lists below include factors that tend to contribute to (+) or detract from (-) a positive future. The worksheet is intended to spark ideas for discussion internally and with stakeholders, but not all factors will be relevant to every organization or purchasing category, nor is the list exhaustive.* For more information about how to think about environmental, social, and economic impacts, please refer to the Principles for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing v1.0, available on the SPLC website.

Environmental Social Economic Environmental factors affect the natural systems on Social factors affect the social systems on which Economic factors affect the health of the markets on which life depends, now and in the future. communities depend, now and in the future. which commerce depends, now and in the future. + biodiversity preservation + anti-discrimination + fair dealings + climate adaptation + community engagement + innovation research / investment + resource optimization + diversity/equal opportunity + open competition + soil health stewardship + employee engagement + transparency of information - acidification + equal remuneration + use of diverse suppliers - desertification + fair trade + use of HUB zones - eutrophication + freedom of association + use of local suppliers - freshwater pollution + grievance & remedy processes - conflicts of interest - greenhouse gas emissions + human rights - corruption (bribery, extortion…) - habitat depletion + indigenous rights - dividing territories - human health impacts + occupational health & safety - dumping - land use change + right to collective bargaining - exclusive dealing - marine pollution + sustainable compensation - misleading market claims - ozone depletion + training and education - monopoly (seller collusion) - radiation pollution + worker rights - monopsony (buyer collusion) - resource depletion - child labor - patent misuse - smog - forced/compulsory labor - price fixing - waste - human trafficking - product tying - water consumption - sourcing from conflict zones - refusal to deal

Sector Organization Type Locale The sector in which an organization operates may An organization’s type may affect purchasing The geographical locale in which an organization affect purchasing decisions. decisions. operates may affect purchasing decisions. corporate small, medium, large regulations/jurisdiction local gov't centralized, decentralized geography state/provincial gov't private, public climate national gov't for-profit, nonprofit natural resources manufacturer franchise model service provider retailer higher education

Additional Factors What other factors can you think of that might affect an organization’s sustainable purchasing program or need to be addressed by it?

* Among other resources, these lists draw on the UN Global Compact, UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, International Bill of Human Rights, the Global Reporting Initiative, and lifecycle assessment standards. WWW.SUSTAINABLEPURCHASING.ORG Page 1 of 1