{"id":20,"date":"2019-03-25T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T20:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2023-01-17T23:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T23:23:14","slug":"education-and-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/education-and-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Thing\">\r\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\r\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebarNav\" class=\"sidebar-nav affix-top\">\r\n\t\t\t[menu-list menu=&#8217;Sidebar &#8211; professional resources&#8217;]\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div> \r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-8\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"space-top-0 space-bot-sm\">SPRI has developed numerous educational materials to help local governments advance their sustainable purchasing.<\/h2>\r\n\t<p>We support research projects and partnerships that focus on addressing sustainable purchasing challenges. SPRI has studied thousands of local governments\u2019 and individuals\u2019 purchasing activities across the world to develop use-inspired solutions.<\/p>\r\n\t<hr>\r\n\t\r\n\t<h2 class=\"space-top-0\">United States<\/h2>\r\n\t<h3>Advancing green purchasing in local governments<\/h3> \r\n\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/spri-report-2017.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/10\/cover-for-usa.png\" alt=\"USA Cover\" width=\"275\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>While green purchasing policies have the potential to significantly reduce carbon impacts across the globe, most U.S. cities have either struggled to implement them or do not have one at all. Consequently, green purchasing policies have not reached their potential to help local governments mitigate their environmental impacts. These are significant concerns that the United Nations Environmental Programme, the International City\/County Management Association (ICMA), the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) and others suggest must be resolved if we are to move toward an environmentally sustainable economy.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>Researchers at the Arizona State University (ASU) Center for Organization Research and Design (CORD) have sought to address green purchacsing issues with the assistance of a grant from the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation. The survey generated 616 individual responses from 459 cities of 25,000 residents or more. <\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>Our extensive report will help you understand what works for U.S. cities that have implemented sustainable purchasing.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/spri-report-2017.pdf\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t<!-- <h3>Related articles<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<ul>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/01\/sustainability-policy-objectives.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainability policy objectives, centralized decision making, and efficiency in public procurement processes in U.S. local governments<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/02\/sustainability-Est-True-Size-article-v2.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Estimating the true Size of public procurement to assess sustainability impact<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/02\/E-procurement-system-adoption-in-local-governments.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">E-procurement system adoption in local governments: the role of procurement complexity and organizational structure<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/Green-Technology-Firms-and-Sustainable-Public-Purchasing.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Green technology firms and sustainable public purchasing<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ul> -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<h3>Outreach tools<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<ul>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/executive-summary.pdf\" title=\"Click to open Executive Summary PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Executive Summary<\/a> &#8211; Don&#8217;t have time to read SPRI&#8217;s U.S. report, <em>Advancing Green Purchasing in Local Goverments?<\/em> Read the executive summary.<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/asupublicservice\/sustainable-procurement-research-initiative-podcast\" title=\"Click to go to Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast<\/a> &#8211; Listen to SPRI co-founders, Nicole Darnall and Justin M. Stritch, talk about why sustainable purchasing is important.<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Im_2Ad-BiGk&#038;list=PL3E_J0n3vAtilUMr8B5L0uSZFwuZxaXpY&#038;index=1\" title=\"Click to go to Video tips on Vimeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video tips<\/a> \u2014 Our video tips provide a quick way to learn more about our eight recommendations to help local governments advance their green purchasing.<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/slidedeck.pdf\" title=\"Click to open Slide deck PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slide deck<\/a> \u2014 Review a visual representation of the key findings in <em>Advancing Green Purchasing in Local Governments.<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sjf8YYwaLnI&#038;list=PL3E_J0n3vAtilUMr8B5L0uSZFwuZxaXpY&#038;index=2\" title=\"Click to Webinar on YouTube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Webinar<\/a> \u2014 View our webinar with the Alliance for Innovation that summarizes our key findings in <em>Advancing Green Purchasing in Local Governments.<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\t<h3>Blog posts<\/h3>\r\n\t<p>The following short articles summarize key findings in SPRI\u2019s research. They are written for managers local governments and business to help them enhance their sustainable purchasing activities.<\/p>\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/citiesspeak.org\/2017\/08\/25\/five-practices-to-help-cities-green-their-purchasing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Five practices to help cities green their purchasing<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/Going-green-on-purchasing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Going green on purchasing: Eight practices to reduce environmental impacts<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/Green-Technology-Firms-and-Sustainable-Public-Purchasing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green technology firms and sustainable public purchasing<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/how-cities-are-addressing-climate-change-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How cities are addressing climate change through sustainable purchasing<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/businessreview\/2017\/06\/29\/us-cities-buy-green-schemes-reduce-their-environmental-liabilities-and-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. cities buy-green schemes, reduce their environmental liabilities and costs<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/Want-a-successful-sustainable-purchasing-policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Want a successful sustainable purchasing policy? Six policy elements that cities should know<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\t<h3>Case studies<\/h3>\r\n\t<p>SPRI interviewed 14 City of Phoenix purchasing specialists to develop recommendations for the nation&#8217;s fifth-largest city to further advance its green purchasing efforts.<\/p>\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/environmental-purchasing-in-the-city-of-phoenix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book Chapter<\/a> &#8211; Environmental purchasing in the City of Phoenix<\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/case-study-city-of-phoenix.pdf\">Report<\/a> &#8211; City of Phoenix\u2019s environmental procurement policy: Focus group findings and recommendations<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\t<h3>U.S. Survey documents<\/h3>\r\n\t<p>SPRI surveyed 1,825 directors in nearly 800 cities. The documents below are the background materials for this survey, including our summary report, implementation protocol, codebook, and key stakeholders that we engaged.<\/p>\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/green-procurement-survey-instrument.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Survey<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/09\/SPP-U.S.-SURVEY-Implementation-Timeline-and-Protocol.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Survey Implementation Protocol<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/item-coding-and-response-frequencies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Response frequencies<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability-innovation.asu.edu\/spri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/02\/project-stakeholders.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stakeholders<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[menu-list menu=&#8217;Sidebar &#8211; professional resources&#8217;] SPRI has developed numerous educational materials to help local governments advance their sustainable purchasing. 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