This in an online toolbox to promote responsible purchasing including a self-assesment tool.

The toolbox consists of the following modules:

• Purchase awareness - documents to raise staff awareness about responsible purchasing
• Environmental diagnosis - inventory of a company's environmental practices vis-a-vis procurement
• Purchasing practices analysis - assessing the company's responsible purchasing maturity in terms of strategy, aims, resources, implementation, etc.
• Strategy and action plan - evaluation of the company's purchases and suppliers, its priorities and planned actions
• Purchase process outline - tools to facilitate management practices and introduce overall cost considerations in the analysis of offers
• Monitoring and evaluation - lessons learned from the actions carried out, with corrective steps and plans for progressive improvements
• Communication - tools to help the company promote its commitment to responsible procurement to external partners, suppliers, and the public