If you believe that what we buy, how we buy, and who we buy from impacts our environment and our society, this project might be for you.
McMaster’s department of Strategic Procurement spends a quarter of a billion dollars on goods and services each year. The department has led incredible sustainability initiatives, like working with Grand & Toy to eliminate 20,000 cardboard boxes annually in place of reusable totes and bags, and collaborations with past SUSTAIN students.
In Fall 2021, SUSTAIN 3S03 students updated McMaster’s Request for Proposal template, created an RFP Evaluation tool, and highlighted supplier and McMaster success stories (see this Daily News story about their work). Later, in Winter 2022, SUSTAIN 2SS3 students researched best practices and drafted McMaster’s first Sustainable Procurement Policy that is currently in development.
This Spring, SUSTAIN 2SS3 students will continue building on the momentum of past groups.
The goal of this project is to support McMaster’s department of Strategic Procurement in developing engaging workshops and/or other supports for members of the McMaster community to be better equipped to buy more sustainably.
Students who select this project will work directly with McMaster’s Director of Strategic Procurement to develop supports for purchasers to populate McMaster’s Sustainable Procurement webpage and help McMaster vote for sustainability through each of the millions of dollars it directs each year.
Community Project Champion(s):
- Angelo DiLettera, Director Strategic Procurement, Financial Affairs, McMaster University
- Tracie Felton, Manager Financial Affairs
- Helena Teng, Project Coordinator, Academic Sustainability Programs Office