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Working together, we can use our supply chains to make purchases and create partnerships that benefit society.
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The demand for infrastructure investments to include community benefits are increasing across Canada, making social procurement an important consideration for your capital project requirements. When you include social value criteria in your procurement policy, you're supporting companies that use their profits to build a better society without having to spend more.
That's the potential impact the construction industry could make by committing just one per cent of it's $140 billion of spend to social procurement.
Social procurement is the practice of procuring products and services from organizations that make a direct and positive social and environmental contribution to the local economy.
We are committed to use our addressable spend to social enterprises, diverse-owned businesses, and other impact organizations.
Why? Because every business can, and should, make the world a better place. Check out Buy Social Canada's Guide to Social Procurement in Construction and Infrastructure Projects.
We continue to look at all ways we can use our business to make a positive impact on the world. When we partner together our teams feel like they are part of something bigger than themselves and we receive new perspectives and ambitious employees while individuals, families, and communities benefit. We believe that empowering a more diverse workforce and supporting people from under-represented populations is not just good social responsibility, it’s good for business. And the impact is mutual.
Through social procurement we use our labour force to:
There are thousands of people out there who just need a chance and we’re committed to investing in the communities we build in, helping people facing barriers find employment and keep meaningful jobs.
1st and Clark Community Housing and Services Center
The team on this IPD project has committed to spend at least 10 per cent of the project's value through social procurement, partnering with social enterprises, buying from diverse-owned businesses, and hiring diverse and local talent.
Maple Grove Elementary Replacement School
This project involved the construction of a two-storey elementary school located west of the existing, occupied school. A significant portion of the labour was sourced through EMBERS, a local social enterprise.
Norquest College Heritage Tower Restack and Renewal
During this project we partnered with Norquest and the Alberta Indigenous Construction Career Centre (AICCC), to practice social procurement and hire indigenous students to help with the work required for this project.