The Highland Council
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SELECT COMMITTEE
2002
Sustainable Procurement Policy
2004
“Greening” the Council Strategy
(1) Energy (2) Transport (3) Resources
The Highland Council
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
• Ad hoc procurement
• Sustainability standards for the
built environment (2003)
• Food procurement in schools
Acharacle
Primary
School
The Highland
Council
Thermal mass /
Culvert spine
Stack ventilation
via culvert
Timber: External cladding
and wood-modified roof
covering
Dynamic Insulation
No fire retardants or
timber preservatives
Main extracts at kitchen
and changing rooms
Extremely low heat load
Stack ventilation
via culvert
Strong emphasis on
indoor air quality
Stack ventilation
Thermal mass
Thermal mass /
Culvert spine
Rainwater harvesting
Dynamic Insulation
Pad foundations
Ventilation Strategy for Sketch Scheme 6c
Acharacle
Acharacle
Primary
Primary
School
School- -A A
Sustainable
Sustainable
School
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21st
21st
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Century - -The
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Design
Design
Process
Process- AA
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
Diary
Diary
The Highland Council
Briefing - Participation Exercise with School
Ideas + Images for the new school
Community
Weather
Culture
Nature
History
Water
Education, Culture &
Sport The
Service
Highland
Council
EDUCATION
● 184 Primary Schools
● 29 Secondary Schools
● Community Education Services
● School Transport Services, Catering & Cleaning Services, Hostel Accommodation
CULTURE & SPORT
● Museums & Heritage, Art Galleries, Film & Media
● Sports Development, Community Halls, Leisure
Centres, Swimming Pools
● Libraries & Library Support Services
● Gaelic Development
The Highland Council
Brora
Wick
Dingwall
Portree
Inverness
Fort William
Sustainable
Procurement
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Council
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Range of Initiatives
Quality of Life
Purchasing Decisions
Maximise Economic Benefit
Safeguard the Environment
Food
Procurement
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Highland Council spend £2.5m
Strategic Sourcing
Freshness
Seasonality
Local Produce
Work
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Visits to Farms and Growers
Euro Info Centre
Communications and Networks
Seeking and Giving Advice
Food for Life Seminar
Slow Food Movement
Radio 4 Food Programme
Gold Star for Norma!
The Milk
Highland
Council
for Schools – e-bulletin
service
Gold Star Awarded to Norma Murray of the Highland Council - for a superb Radio Four programme detailing
the revolution in school meals going on in Scotland - brilliant stuff.
The school meals changes based on the Scottish Parliament's H4S programme is being enhanced still
further by the Soil Association's Food for Life project which has an emphasis on local and organic produce.
The local politics of sustainability of community and JOBS in farming in relationship to school meals.
Procurement is a sound lesson - pity more Westminster politicians can't seem to get their head around.
One supplier of meat had 55 employees and took produce from over 1,000 local farmers and crofters which
was supplied to the Highland Council - and these are FRESH products not frozen - got to be good for
improved quality of the finished meal on the plate.
More to the point one head teacher was quoted as saying “the changes in school meals together with the
water programme, free fruit scheme and breakfast club had a positive impact on both behaviour and
concentration of her pupil”.
Won't that make meals more expensive? Norma said “although organic produce did cost more initially she
was hopeful that as production increased the products would become more affordable and with the Food for
Life scheme came the whole package of education, perhaps farm visits which would bring children closer to
the land so they would learn that eggs don't actually come from the supermarket”.
NICE ONE NORMA!!
Hungry
for Success
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Compliments the Ethos of the Service
Investment to Service and Young People
Your Choice to Healthy Living
Council Plans and Partnerships
for Life
The Food
Highland
Council
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Five Key Targets
Good Nutrition
Organic Food
Sustainable Supply Chains
Less Processed Foods
Better Food Education
Successes
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Council
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Organic Carrots
Milk
Eggs
Water
Local Butcher Meat
Venison
Salmon
Seasonality
Challenges
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Council
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Produce → User
Strategic v Local
Food for Life Objectives > E-procurement
Contract Management
The Highland Council