Social Enterprise Supply Chain Review
Our Social Enterprise Supply Chain Review Service is the perfect solution if you would like to gain visibility of the social enterprise suppliers your organisation already trades with.
Every purchase your organisation makes is an opportunity to create social value. By directing some of your purchasing power towards social enterprise suppliers, your organisation can secure the goods and services it requires while investing in supporting local communities and a more sustainable planet.
If your organisation does not yet have visibility of its current engagement with social enterprise suppliers, we recommend our Social Enterprise Supply Chain Review Service. This is an excellent way for businesses of all sizes to identify, demonstrate and baseline their engagement with social enterprise suppliers through their procurement.
Why us?
We offer an independent verification process to highlight where organisations are working with social enterprise suppliers. As well as working with leading private sector partners, we have undertaken audits for twelve government departments from the Department of Health and Social Care to the Ministry of Justice.
Who the service is suitable for
The Social Enterprise Supply Chain Review Service is suitable for:
- Businesses which are – or wish to be – suppliers to government and need to track and report their spend with voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) subcontractors as a requirement of government contracts
- Businesses which wish to gain an initial understanding of their existing social enterprise supplier relationships before proceeding to implement a full social procurement programme across their company
What the service includes
Being part of the Supply Chain Review service entails:
- A review of your full vendor list to show you which VCSE suppliers your organisation is already working with
- ‘Opportunity analysis and Quick Wins’ guide to show you new recommended social enterprise suppliers to engage with category-by-category
Once we have received your full vendor list, the results and the ‘Opportunity analysis and Quick Wins’ guide will be returned to you within 10 working days.
Email socialprocurement@socialenterprise.org.uk to find out more or to sign up to the service.
To find out about our other services supporting organisations work with social enterprise suppliers visit our social procurement page.