Buy and Sell with Impact and Explore Social Procurement

Every purchase has an economic, social, cultural, and environmental impact. Social procurement is a tool to achieve and evidence your goals and social value as a business, leveraging the money you already spend.

Join us for an "introduction to social procurement" with Buy Social Canada, covering the journey of social procurement and how BCorps such as Chandos Construction are currently implementing social procurement.

We’ll explore the tools and resources to leverage existing procurement to enhance equity, inclusion and community impact.

Key Takeaways:

· Learn the what, why and how of social procurement

· Hear success stories from organizations currently implementing social procurement

· Leave with tangible next steps to pursue your Buy Social Journey

Speaker Bio:

Elizabeth’s experience spans frontline roles in communities, consulting for the public sector, and working with social enterprises in the UK and Canada. Elizabeth understands the importance of cross-sector collaboration in harnessing the power of purchasing to build healthy communities. As Executive Director at Buy Social Canada, Elizabeth coordinates and connects Buy Social Canada’s work with public and private sector purchasers including all levels of government, SAP and Chandos Construction, to design and implement Social Procurement and Community Benefit Agreement policies and practices.