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Beyond Buildings: Procuring BSF Sustainably Report

Costing the Future: Securing Value for Money through Sustainable Procurement Report
Through its policy research projects , the Forum seeks to identify regulatory barriers to sustainable best practice and provide proposals for government on how to enable sustainable development.

Rationalising Local Government: Sustainable Estate Management

Public sector organizations are subject to a range of measures designed to prompt more sustainable estate management ranging from inclusion of local authorities within the Carbon Reduction Commitment, to the use of the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate (SOGE) targets to improve sustainability in central government. 


Beyond Buildings: Procuring BSF Sustainably
November 2009
The WSBF inquiry into Building Schools for the Future provides a broad overview of the sustainability of the programme as a whole. Chaired by Barry Sheerman MP and the Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP, the report highlights the importance of addressing user behaviour if the building is to successfully reduce its carbon footprint.


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Costing the Future: Securing Value for Money through Sustainable Procurement
 June 2008

This inquiry provided a healthcheck of public sector procurement. Chaired by David Kidney MP and Barbara Morton, the report highlights the potential for whole-life costing to drive sustainable procurement.
 

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