Sustainable Procurement Practice in Australia

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Sustainable Procurement Practice in Australia..........................................................................2
Sustainable Supply chain and operations management.........................................................2
Sustainability in road construction in Australia.....................................................................4
The procurement practices of sustainability by the public sector of Australia......................6
Sustainable procurement and supply chain management.......................................................7
Sustainable Procurement practised in the construction sites..................................................9
Sustainable Procurement in Australian Universities..............................................................9
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
According to the viewpoint of Ghisellini, Cialani and Ulgiati (2016), the Australian
government is highly focused on the synergy of the sustainable development and
procurement practice for the betterment of the entire nation. The sustainable procurement
guide of Australia is revised on a timely basis in the context of developing the same as per the
national waste policy that is focused on the concept of generating less waste and storing more
resources. The National Waste Policy undertaken by the Australian Government helps it in
taking collective action regarding the business, government, community as well as the
individual management in terms of improving the waste management sector of Australia and
turn the nation a sustainable and secured one. As stated by Meredith, Mantel Jr and Shafer
(2017), the aspect of sustainable procurement is much more beyond the only cutting of the
up-front cost that undertakes the purchase decisions that is based on the complete life cycle of
the goods and services. It is known to take into account the theory of the account associated
cost, the environmental as well as the social benefits and the risks along with the broader
concept of the implications of the society and the environment. In this connection, the given
report is focused on undermining the different studies that have been based on the critical
review of the sustainable procurement practice in the various sectors of the nation of
Australia.
Sustainable Procurement Practice in Australia
Sustainable Supply chain and operations management
According to Kurnia et al. (2014), sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), has
become indisputable in both the government and private organizations. Limited practices
have shown that this practice is inter-organizational in nature and increases complexity within
an organization as it needs a highly efficient management system to communicate

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information continuously. In this context, there is a research gap, as no significant study has
been conducted that focuses on the characteristics and capabilities that an organization should
have before they can implement sustainable supply chain management. The paper proposes a
capability maturity framework and conducts an analysis of the effectiveness of the proposed
framework. In order to do that, the authors apply the framework to a large Australian city
council and conduct an in-depth case study that reveals that organizations should evaluate
their current standing in sustainability in before they plan to adopt SSCM methods.
Walker et al. (2014), echoes a similar idea as she traces the development in literature and
practice regarding sustainable operations management. The authors engage in a qualitative
literature review of the articles published in the International Journal of Operations and
Production Management (IJOPM) since 2001. Sustainable practices are adopted by
organizations, mainly due to consumer and stakeholders' pressure as more people all over the
world are becoming aware of the effects of traditional methods in procurement. Sometimes,
they may practice sustainability in order to enhance organizational reputation and credibility
as it has become a trend recently. The main challenge that SSCM pose against its
development is the considerable investment that they will incur to be established. It requires a
large amount of effort, excellent management team, communication and planning before an
organization can consider the development of an SSCM network. The previous theoretical
models proposed by researchers are too complicated, and no method has been proposed to
evaluate organizational capability. The organizations that practice sustainability have adopted
working models, but they also have their limitations.
Kurnia et al. (2014), engaged in a design science approach to create a framework for
effective SSCM practices. Literature review, database research constitute development. The
implementation of the framework thus created was done on Australian organizations that
have already initiated SSCM practices. The sample size involved in the study was 1300 staffs