Sustainable Purchasing

Sustainable Purchasing

Sustainable Development Goals

What does sustainable purchasing mean at the University of Saskatchewan? It means:

• Critical evaluation of products, services and processes;
• Moving the university towards procurement decisions that provide the best value; and
• Including total cost of ownership (i.e. cradle to grave) with the lowest environmental and social impacts.

In sustainable purchasing, we often refer to the term "cradle to grave", which refers to accounting for all of the costs and returns present in a product's total lifespan. These include:

• How the products are made,
• What they are made of,
• Where they come from,
• How they will be used, and
• How will they be disposed of.

More information

https://reports.aashe.org/institutions/university-of-saskatchewan-sk/report/purchasing/