Webinar Recording - Tackling the Triple Bottom Line: How to Identify, Understand, and Source Sustainable Products to Achieve Your Purchasing Goals

Overview

How can sustainable purchasing benefit your organization? This presentation will introduce attendees to the “triple bottom line” and how to use  sustainability as a tool that helps procurement professionals achieve environmental goals. Making the best economic decisions will support and help the community they serve. In a marketplace where “greenwashing” and false claims can dominate, this presentation will explain  how to identify transparency and accuracy in a sustainable product. Using specific examples within public procurement, attendees will learn how to identify sustainable products and be prepared to utilize sustainable purchasing as an opportunity, rather than an obligation. Don’t miss this webinar to learn how sustainable purchasing can help you to achieve your procurement goals! This online training session is targeted toward the beginning/intermediate level of procurement.

What You'll Learn

1.  Explain the triple bottom line, and how sustainable products can contribute to your goals for the environment, your      community, and your economic growth.
2.  Identify sustainable products of all different types, and recognize how different product attributes will help you meet      your sustainable purchasing goals.
3.  Identify product “greenwashing,” compare sustainability attributes, and feel confident to make the right      procurement decisions for your company.

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Registration and payment must be received 24 hours prior to the course start date. After this time, registrations will be based on space availability.  A full refund, less a $75 administrative fee will be given for cancellations made in writing 31+ days prior to the seminar date by emailing RegistrationInfo@nigp.org. No refunds are given for cancellations received within 24 hours of the seminar start date. There are no refunds for no-shows. If the seminar is cancelled for any reason, NIGP's liability is limited to the registration fee only.  

Attendee substitutions within the same agency may be done at any time with email notification to NIGP. If attending via scholarship, please provide documentation verifying the scholarship issuer's name and contact information in lieu of payment information.