SUPPLY CHAIN
“ Fujitsu ’ s purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust through innovation . If you take three words out of there in terms of sustainable , society and innovation , they are at the core of what social value is and what people are looking to achieve from that .”
Public and corporate policies align Given the acceleration in trends sparked by the pandemic and a wider embrace of sustainable business practises , these requirements help businesses meet ESG goals they themselves had already set and help customers make choices that will help them meet their own sustainable procurement targets .
Sarah Wadsworth , the Head of Human Resources and Young ’ s colleague at Fujitsu UK , says “ increasingly , we are looking at ways we are growing the IT industry in general so that we are building up a great pipeline of talent , that we can make use of , of course , but that ’ s also going back into the whole of the IT industry in the UK .”
The trends are not exclusive to the UK nor to a country where social value in procurement has been directly legislated for . This happens in indirect procurement decisions worldwide as a result of existing market forces . Trenton Thornock , the Founder and Managing Member of Wyoming Hyperscale White Box , says “ one of the things we wanted to do was to create a situation where our tenants could find things that they can ' t find anywhere else in the world .”
Wyoming Hyperscale is a data centre project that uses negligible water and power by relying on Liquid Immersion Cooling . “ In addition to the operating efficiency … is a connection to an indoor farming facility .” Farming is carbon negative and by growing produce that is sold locally on the same land as the data centre , obviating the need for haulage from elsewhere , social value impact is embedded here for the community , climate and customer .
Changing behaviour in procurement One person who has had a front seat the effect of the Social Value Act and its successors is Guy Battle , the Founder and CEO of Social Value Portal : “ I mean , if you ’ re not doing sustainable business , what the hell are you doing ?”
Social Value Portal offers an online tool for businesses to manage and measure their social impact . In 2017 , the company launched the National TOMs ( Themes , Outcomes , Measures ) Measurement Framework , endorsed by and in partnership with the National Social Value Taskforce . It helps businesses institute social value practises across all its business activities .
sustainabilitymag . com 113