The supply and procurement of goods, materials and labour can often be one of the largest areas of impact an organisation has on the environment and on society.
"It is available for the procurement of goods from China — that is my understanding," said Ian Makone, an aide to Mr. Tsvangirai.
It proposes upgrading the federal agencies that deal with trafficking, including the State Department office that tracks the problem, and it urges the administration to avoid abetting "slave labour" in its own procurement of goods and services.
Congress should support a flexible food aid system that includes cash, vouchers and local procurement of goods, and a serious commitment to development money to strengthen sustainable agriculture in developing nations.
Xenophon has still not come to an agreement with the government on the ABCC bill and the water plan, in part because the government has not agreed to all his proposed amendments on procurement of goods from Australian industry.
Moving beyond Cemex's core business -- producing and selling cement -- the subsidiary, CxNetworks, will focus mainly on the online procurement of goods and services for the construction industry and on Internet consulting services.
In Philadelphia, city officials will work on the vexing problem of procurement of goods and services, which hamstrings many cities with rules and high costs, by putting together a process that would widen the field and increase the pool of organizations and companies that bid.
Given the government cuts the police need to act ever more efficiently: on the procurement of goods they use, such as vehicles, petrol, uniforms, etc; on the way they work together with other forces; on the technology they use; and on training and leadership of officers.
OO Norway Takes Global Lead With First Ever Nationwide Deforestation Ban in its procurement of goods to encourage deforestation-free supply chains.
The Plan also established an ethical purchasing policy that "aims to establish realistic goals and guidelines to ensure that the College's Quaker background directs the purchasing and procurement of goods at the institution".
