CCEDNet members Sandra Hamilton and David LePage are in Geneva this week as key presenters in a World Trade Organization Symposium on Sustainable Procurement.

The Symposium agenda covers the following questions:

• What is sustainable procurement and what are its main objectives?
• What are the key practices of sustainable procurement and how can sustainability be incorporated into the different stages of procurement?
• How are sustainability measures in procurement processes practiced in a manner consistent with both the principle of "best-value for money" and international trade obligations?

Sandra and David are recognized leaders in social procurement.

View Sandra's News Release here

For more information, take a look at these resources:

• Community Benefits and Social Procurement Policies: A Jurisdictional Review
• Social Procurement
• Toward a Community Benefit Model of Procurement in Community Services
• The Value Side of Procurement: Making the Business Case for Social Procurement