CIPS calls for clear green guidance
29 August 2012
The government must improve its advice to purchasers on how to balance efficiency savings and environmental concerns when awarding contracts.
The call comes from Roy Ayliffe, CIPS director of professional practice, after the institute gave evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) earlier this month.
“Government purchasers can achieve sustainable objectives as well as efficiency gains,” he said. “But on occasions where a choice has to be made between sustainability and efficiency, political...