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Three senior CSR practitioners at FTSE 100 companies are among members of a new task force set up by the UK government to make recommendations on sustainable procurement.
Alison Ritchie, BT's head of CSR and supply chain, Jiggy Lloyd, group director of sustainable development at AWG, the water services company, and Charlotte Grezo, corporate responsibility director at Vodafone, will sit on the 29-strong public procurement task force established by the environment, food and rural affairs secretary of state Margaret Beckett.
Paul Kelly, director of corporate affairs for the Compass Group, the world's largest food service company, is also on the task force, which has been asked to draw up an action plan for the government by April 2006 to 'bring about a step-change in sustainable public procurement so the UK is among the leaders in the European Union by 2009'.
It is chaired by Sir Neville Simms, former chairman of construction company Carillion and of Business in the Community in the West Midlands.
The government, which spends more than £125billion ($227bn) a year on goods and services, believes it can influence private sector behaviour through 'sustainable purchasing policies' that favour suppliers who can demonstrate that they operate in a socially and environmentally responsible fashion.
Other task force members are drawn from non-governmental organizations, trade unions, government departments and various institutions.
Alison Ritchie, BT's head of CSR and supply chain, Jiggy Lloyd, group director of sustainable development at AWG, the water services company, and Charlotte Grezo, corporate responsibility director at Vodafone, will sit on the 29-strong public procurement task force established by the environment, food and rural affairs secretary of state Margaret Beckett.
Paul Kelly, director of corporate affairs for the Compass Group, the world's largest food service company, is also on the task force, which has been asked to draw up an action plan for the government by April 2006 to 'bring about a step-change in sustainable public procurement so the UK is among the leaders in the European Union by 2009'.
It is chaired by Sir Neville Simms, former chairman of construction company Carillion and of Business in the Community in the West Midlands.
The government, which spends more than £125billion ($227bn) a year on goods and services, believes it can influence private sector behaviour through 'sustainable purchasing policies' that favour suppliers who can demonstrate that they operate in a socially and environmentally responsible fashion.
Other task force members are drawn from non-governmental organizations, trade unions, government departments and various institutions.
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