Costain Wales Responsible Procurement Award Winner

To reduce negative impacts arising from their supply chain, to support their bids and build a loyal supplier base they committed to reduce the demand on available resources, procuring wherever possible, secondary or recycled materials. They support health, safety and environmental awareness, and bring issues such as ethical sourcing to the forefront through ensuring procurement staff are skilled in integrating environmental and social considerations into procurement, and identifying opportunities to encourage social enterprise. They offer and encourage suppliers the opportunity to participate in training days and ensure budgetary mechanisms enable and support responsible procurement so that long term benefits are not lost at the expense of short term efficiency savings.

“Costain employs a fair payment scheme whereby all accounts are settled promptly and queries are dealt with as a matter of urgency.  Our open and honest relationship minimises any disruption to the services we offer and allows Costain to benefit from our tailored support towards its operations.”
Paul Williams, Head of Public Sector, Northgate Vehicle Solutions Ltd