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Sustainable procurement on track for 2012 Olympics

17 Mar 2010

Source: SupplyManagement.com, 10th March 2010

The body staging the 2012 Olympics is on course to boost sustainable procurement, despite concerns last year it was not ready for the challenge.

A report into the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) by the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 (CSL) found that the group had put processes in place to “ramp up” sustainable procurement throughout 2010.

It follows a CSL review into Locog last year, which said the organisation was not ready to face challenges such as the sheer diversity and volume of its supply chain.

Shaun McCarthy, chairman of the commission, said the issue was raised with Locog senior management in June last year. “We were advised of planned changes within Locog and by September 2009 many of our concerns expressed in spring/summer 2009 had been addressed,” he said.

During that time, responsibility for procurement changed hands from the financial to the commercial directorate and former CIPS president Gerry Walsh was appointed CPO. Locog also published a revised edition of its Sustainable Sourcing Code.

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