operations Supplier’s Minimum performance criteria Better practice performance criteria Minimum specification: Better practice specification: Environmental management Environmental management Tenderers are to have a program or Tenderers should have implemented system in place to identify and maintained an environmental environmental impacts relevant to management system, certified to the organisation, or a ISO 14001 or equivalent, to reduce program/system under development environmental impacts and with a timeline for implementation. continually improve environmental performance. Tenderers are to have an environmental or sustainability Tenderers should have a publicly policy in place, or under available environmental or development with a timeline for sustainability policy in place. implementation. Tenderers should brief employees Energy and water management and others who work on behalf of the organisation about the organisation’s Tenderers can provide a statement environmental or sustainability policy. of the sources of purchased electricity (for example: Energy and water management GreenPower, coal). Tenderers should purchase a Tenderers have a strategy/plan in proportion of GreenPower place to achieve water reduction or, if no proportion of renewable targets, or a program/system under electricity is purchased, tenderers development with a timeline for should offset a minimum implementation. proportion of non-renewable Waste management energy sources in line with the National Carbon Offset Standard Tenderers have a strategy/plan in (NCOS). place to achieve waste reduction targets, or under development with Tenderers should measure and a timeline for implementation. record energy use on a minimum quarterly basis (for example: of
Supplier’s operations Minimum performance criteria Better practice performance criteria Minimum specification: Environmental management Tenderers are to have a program or system in place to identify environmental impacts relevant to the organisation, or a program/system under development with a timeline for implementation. Tenderers are to have an environmental or sustainability policy in place, or under development with a timeline for implementation. Energy and water management Tenderers can provide a statement of the sources of purchased electricity (for example: GreenPower, coal). Tenderers have a strategy/plan in place to achieve water reduction targets, or a program/system under development with a timeline for implementation. Waste management Tenderers have a strategy/plan in place to achieve waste reduction targets, or under development with a timeline for implementation. Better practice specification: Environmental management Tenderers should have implemented and maintained an environmental management system, certified to ISO 14001 or equivalent, to reduce environmental impacts and continually improve environmental performance. Tenderers should have a publicly available environmental or sustainability policy in place. Tenderers should brief employees and others who work on behalf of the organisation about the organisation’s environmental or sustainability policy. Energy and water management Tenderers should purchase a proportion of GreenPower or, if no proportion of renewable electricity is purchased, tenderers should offset a minimum proportion of non-renewable energy sources in line with the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). Tenderers should measure and record energy use on a minimum quarterly basis (for example: of
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