Jay Nixon in 2015 set goals for state agencies to purchase 10 ... signal to anyone who has faced a barrier to participating in procurement,” Nimrod Chapel Jr., president of the Missouri NAACP ...

Other goals in the survey include purchasing from local, small, diversity-owned and socially/economically disadvantaged businesses. But achieving progress in this area is proving difficult.

Procurement leaders are uniquely positioned to drive positive change and broader business impacts on ESG goals. While organisational sustainability efforts have historically been grounded in ensuring ...