Sustainable Procurement: Implementing sustainability in your company

This video is the second part of a three part series on sustainability for entrepreneurs. In this video you walk through what sustainable procurement is, and how you can get started on procuring more responsibly.

This video was designed with the goal of informing entrepreneurs on what they need to know to get started, and provide some tangible strategies for implementing sustainable procurement. If you want to make changes to your company to be more responsible and address issues in your supply chain, this is for you!

The goal is that you learn the basics on sustainable procurement and you understand the value of acting responsibly. I share examples so that you can learn how companies bring sustainable procurement to action and I share some tools and steps that I use with my clients to create strategies around sustainable procurement.

You will learn about

1. Definitions of sustainable procurement
   • The Quadruple bottom line
2. Why it is important for companies
   • Misconceptions
   • Opportunities
3. Examples of companies applying and creating policies to follow up on a sustainable procurement
4. How you can start implementing

Andrea Gilly

I am Andrea Gilly, I am from Mexico and have lived in Finland for 6 years. I am an entrepreneur like yourself, my company is called Gilly and there I work as a consultant and mentor with companies, designing creative sustainability strategies. I work with clients who want to start implementing sustainable solutions in their company, but don’t know where to start.

My background is in product design, and I studied a Masters in sustainability at Aalto University (which brought me to Finland). This knowledge gives me a creative perspective to address sustainability in innovative ways, targeted specifically to my clients.

To learn more about me and see the work I do, you can visit my webpage: andreagilly.com or you can contact me info@andreagilly.com

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