What about its use in the Public Sector
We have benefited from close engagement with a number of Government departments
through our Industry Mentor programme which has provided us the opportunity to help
us align CIPS Sustainability Index with critical public sector objectives such as efficiency, SME engagement
and deficit reduction. In addition we have had strong support from both a leading
city council and members of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium who
see the real value that the CIPS Sustainability Index can bring in their sectors. In addition there is
a large cross-over of suppliers from the public into the private sector and vice
versa. So it is likely that public sector organisations will find that a large number
of their suppliers start to appear on the index having been requested to do so by
a private sector buying organisation.