“Net-Zero Procurement: Procuring a fix to climate change”

with Bob Willard, Founder and Chief Sustainability Champion, Sustainability Advantage

Date/Time: Tuesday October 29th, 6:00 – 7:00 pm PDT

Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/436870

Abstract:

We have a climate crisis. Governments’ pledges to reduce their countries’ GHG emissions are insufficient and unfulfilled. Most businesses are sitting on the sidelines waiting for governments to fix climate change. That won’t happen. Unless businesses set and meet science-based net-zero targets, the climate cannot be stabilized. Bob Willard will outline how we can unleash the buying power of governments / companies / organizations as a powerful market force that mobilizes businesses in the race to net-zero.

Learning Objectives:

By attending this webinar, you will learn:

•    What Net-Zero Procurement is, as a high priority subset of Sustainable Procurement

•    Why companies need to use it to reduce their supply chain’s GHGs

•    How a free, open-source toolkit enables any organization to smoothly integrate net-zero procurement elements into its current procurement system.

•    A Master Plan to globally deploy Net-Zero Procurement to fix the climate#greenhouse crisis

Bio:net

Bob Willard is a leading expert on sustainability justifications, frameworks, and sustainable procurement. Over the last 22 years, he has given over 1,700 presentations, has authored six books and published two white papers. He provides six Master Slide Decks and over a dozen free, open-source tools and resources for sustainability champions and procurement professionals.

For the last few years, Bob has focused on Sustainable Procurement and Net-Zero Procurement as market forces to mobilize businesses in the race to net-zero GHGs. He currently serves on the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) board and co-developed the SPLC Navigator. Bob is on the core faculty of the Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) Sustainable Procurement Fellowship program, and is an Advisor to the Mission from MaRs – Net-Zero Procurement Mission. He teaches a 4-webinar ISSP course on Sustainable Procurement which provides guidance on how to use his free, open-source Sustainable Procurement Toolkit and Net-Zero Procurement Toolkit.

Bob was one of five inaugural inductees into the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) Hall of Fame in 2011, has received three Clean50 awards including a Lifetime Achievement award in 2023, and has earned six “Best for the World – Overall” and five “Best for the World – Community” awards since becoming a Certified B Corp in 2012. Sustainability Advantage was the first company to reach the highest Diamond tier of Canada’s Net-Zero Challenge in 2023. He is an ISSP Sustainability Excellence Professional and received a PhD in sustainability from the University of Toronto in 2005.

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