Jonathan O'Brien is the CEO of Positive Purchasing Ltd, the international procurement and negotiation consultancy and training provider, and is based in Plymouth, UK. With over 30 years of experience, he has helped global organizations increase their purchasing capability through training, education and working directly with practitioners and executive teams. He is also the author of Category Management in Purchasing, Negotiation for Procurement and Supply Chain Professionals, Supplier Relationship Management and The Buyer's Toolkit, all published by Kogan Page.
"This is the most insightful - and perhaps more importantly - the
most useful book on sustainable procurement. Jonathan O´Brien shows
us how to weave category management and SRM together and use it as
leverage to enable sustainable supply chains. Sustainable
Procurement is undoubtedly one of the most important sources of
knowledge for our own transformation to sustainable sourcing."
*Andreas Takacs, Chief Procurement Officer, Green Cargo AB*
"This will undoubtedly become a core and classic book for
practitioners and students - and indeed for anyone interested in
the contribution procurement can make to sustainability issues. The
practical advice, tools and templates are particularly impressive
and extensive and will prove invaluable for many. There is
certainly no excuse now for anyone to say "I don't know how to
implement sustainable procurement"."
*Peter Smith, MD, Procurement Excellence Ltd and business
author*
"An essential and highly practical handbook for driving responsible
purchasing practices - helps make sense of the complex topic of
transforming buying through the lens of sustainability."
*Anke Ehlers, Managing Director CRI, ALDI SÜD KG*
"Jonathan addresses Procurement's need to work with the supply
networks on how they think about Environmental Sustainability. Our
need to build our supply networks to be robust to support the
environmental challenges is critical."
*Chris Shanahan, VP Global Sustainability – Supply Chain
Operations, Thermo Fisher Scientific*
"Rethinking business practices with corporate social responsibility
in mind has become an imperative for all organizations. This
provides a huge opportunity for procurement teams to demonstrate
new sources of value by managing the business' consumption habits
and rebuilding supply chains in line with business CSR strategy.
But how? Jonathan O'Brien's Sustainable Procurement provides
comprehensive insights into the tools, tactics, and strategies
procurement teams can put into practice to drive CSR best practices
and measure their results."
*Philip Ideson, Founder and Managing Director, Art of
Procurement*
"As concerns about anthropogenic climate change, biodiversity loss,
pollution and social impacts have become more common, global
organisations both in the public and private sectors have shifted
to embrace sustainable practices and policies. However, many
organisations have none or under-developed sustainable procurement
programmes and thus are ill-equipped to achieve these ambitions.
Jonathan O'Brien has provided the much-needed insights and
practical tools to help organisations and procurement professionals
define and implement sustainable procurement programmes that yield
desired outcomes for all stakeholders, whilst simultaneously
uplifting the mission of procurement as an enabler of strategic
intents."
*Vusi Fele, Group Chief Procurement Officer, Absa Group*
"Talk of sustainability is not new, but operational progress
continues to lag behind aspiration and vision. In this passionately
written book, Jonathan O'Brien makes the case for the
sustainability imperative, demonstrates why progress cannot be made
without coordinated efforts from procurement and supply chain
professionals, and turns previously abstract guidance into an
actionable, achievable mission."
*Kelly Barner, Head of Content and Operations, Art of
Procurement*
"Sustainability is an era defining opportunity for procurement. It
is the strategic imperative that will turn failed SRM initiatives
into successful programmes and will cement action and
transformation for the betterment of the function and for the
future of our planet. This book acts as a practical roadmap that
translates greenwashing and greenwishing into evidence based
action. A must read for all procurement and sustainability
professionals today."
*Mark Perera, CEO & Founder, Vizibl*
"Sustainable procurement is a topic on every procurement leader's
agenda, but the path forward is often unclear. Jonathan provides
the information needed to understand the options and create a
compelling path forward."
*Erik Stavrand, Partner, SEAK LLC*
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