Winning for workers through procurement – Buying Social Justice toolkit presented at TUC webinar
The important role that trade unions can play in encouraging the inclusion of equality and diversity considerations in public procurement was highlighted to a group of active trade union representatives and officers in late July, when members of the Buying Social Justice project team took part in a TUC London and South Eastern webinar, organised […]
Working with trade unions to promote equality, diversity and social justice through public procurement
Members of the Buying Social Justice research team are currently working with the TUC and a number of individual trade unions, supporting their endeavours to encourage public sector bodies to include equality, diversity and social justice requirements as well as employment standards in their procurement requirements. The work is being undertaken as part of an […]
Briefing published on how to advance equality through socially responsible procurement
The Buying Social Justice project has produced a briefing for procurement practitioners, policymakers, equality advocates, trade unions and others on how to align procurement practices with equality and social justice. Buying social justice: How socially responsible public procurement can advance equality in employment is published by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, in […]
Buying Social Justice equality and diversity toolkit presented to South African public sector leaders
An audience of more than forty South African public sector officials from the Limpopo Provincial Government heard Professor Tessa Wright present the Buying Social Justice through procurement: an equality and diversity toolkit on 1 February 2024. They were attending a workshop on public procurement as an instrument to advance gender equality, as part of an […]
Equality and diversity toolkit presented at Building People webinar
The Buying social justice equality and diversity toolkit for procurement was presented in Building People’s Sharing Sixty webinar series to an audience of built environment professionals. A recording of the event is available to view here. Professors Hazel Conley and Tessa Wright introduced the Buying Social Justice research project and the interactive toolkit, highlighting the […]
Final report of Buying Social Justice research project published
The Buying Social Justice project has published its report on the findings of the two-year research project, written by Tessa Wright, Hazel Conley, Joyce Mamode and E.K. Sarter. Buying social justice through procurement: report of project findings The report summarises the main findings of the research, which investigated the use of public procurement to advance […]
Equality and diversity toolkit welcomed by speakers at launch
The Buying Social Justice project launched its toolkit for practitioners on including equality and diversity objectives within public procurement at a well-attended online event on 19 October 2023. Participants came from the devolved governments in Wales and Scotland and local government across England, Scotland and Wales, from universities, housing associations and the private sector, and […]
Registration now open for project conference and toolkit launch
You can now register for our online project conference being held on Thursday 19th October at which we will be presenting our key findings and launching our Buying Social Justice toolkit for practitioners on including equality and diversity objectives within public procurement activities. The conference is being held online, to make attendance as easy and […]
Early research findings published in Buildings & Cities journal
First findings of the Buying Social Justice project have been published in Buildings & Cities, an international open-access journal that publishes research on the built environment. In UsingProcurement to Promote Workforce Diversity, Tessa Wright describes how public procurement can be used to create a more diverse construction workforce, arguing that the emergence of the social […]
Project presents findings at conferences in Nottingham and Germany
Project researcher Dr Katharina Sarter has recently presented two papers on the research findings at conferences in Schwerin, Germany and Nottingham, UK focusing on the promotion of public procurement as a policy tool by the governments in Scotland and Wales. At the conference of the Section Welfare State Research of the German Association of Political […]