Buy Social Europe B2B launches a support program to corporate managers on the topic of social procurement. Led by experts from Yunus Social Business, Social Enterprise UK and Euclid Network, it offers access to an exclusive online course.
Are you a procurement manager or sustainability manager who wants to learn more and get started with social procurement? Do you want to receive insights in how social enterprises can help you increase your social and environmental impact? Then, this is the right place for you.
As part of the Buy Social Europe B2B project, co-funded by the European Commission and SAP, Yunus Social Business, Social Enterprise UK and Euclid Network offer a support program to corporate managers and procurement professionals on social procurement (procurement from enterprises that put people and planet first).
Here are two highly valuable resources that you can access to discover social procurement:
Introduction Guide for Corporate Managers & Procurement Professionals
This Guide will give you a first understanding of what social procurement is and if it is relevant and strategic to your organisation. In it, we cover three main chapters:
- Understanding Social Procurement
- Getting Started
- Scaling Social Procurement
There, you will hear best practices and success stories from leading organisations in social procurement and their partnerships with inspiring social entrepreneurs across 23 countries in Europe.
Fill in this short form to access the guide here.
Exclusive Online Course
If you have a bit more time, we highly recommend you to complete our exclusive online course, which goes even more in-depth and accompanies you through 10 modules on how to start social procurement in your organisation.
This is a unique opportunity to take your chance to discover more about a US$500 billion market opportunity, to learn from what a social enterprise is to how you can source them and integrate them within your value chain. Hear from other corporate managers and procurement professionals who decided to turn their buying power into a force for good!
Access to this course for free is available latest until 31 October 2024. Since there are limited seats available, early registration is highly recommended.
About Buy Social Europe B2B:
Buy Social Europe B2B empowers social and mainstream enterprises to find each other and forge sustainable trade partnerships, aiming to take the social procurement movement in Europe to the next level. The transnational initiative is co-funded by the European Comission and by SAP, and unites in one movement 23 partners from 17 countries, among which are some the longest-standing and most experienced experts in the field of social procurement.