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How we support social and environmental businesses
Connections with buyers
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Listing on the Supply Change social procurement platform
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Access to live contract opportunities
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Recommendations to buyers
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Opportunities to meet and pitch to buyers
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Extra support for your business
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Free access to social procurement events
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Insights from buyers on getting contracts
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3rd party discounts to help you grow your business
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Buyers we work with
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How to become a Supply Change Trusted Supplier
Requirements
Social and environmental businesses can become Supply Change Trusted Suppliers if they meet these minimum requirements.
The business must:
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Sell products or services to other companies.
Have a central social or environmental mission enshrined in your governing documents or as part of your legal entity.
Produce an annual impact report.
Have appropriate insurance for carrying out its work.
Provide a reference from a customer.
Onboarding
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Read the above requirements.
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A member of the team will get back to you with a link to the onboarding form.
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If your application passes due diligence you will receive a welcome email with your Trusted Supplier badge.
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Supply Change offers access to a community of like minded businesses both corproate and social. They have proved to be a great source of information and more importantly leads, meaning we've won work and made valuable connections.
Lucy Ferguson
Mediorite
Expression of interest form
In these challenging times, Supply Change is leading the way in how we must be transparent, ethical and work with integrity to help each other build a stronger social economy.
Yasmin Halai-Carter, Co-Founder
Ethstat Ethical Stationery
I have found the commitment and passion from Supply Change has been fantastic and highlights the importance of social procurement and how it can affect change.
Lee Herriott, Head of Procurement
Enva
Benefits of becoming a Supply Change Trusted Supplier
Ambitious social and environmental suppliers can become Supply Change Trusted Suppliers to access more contract opportunities and business support.
Get discovered by motivated buyers
Buyers including Natwest and Kier Group can discover your business and connect with you on the Supply Change Platform.
Access the contracts opportunities bulletin board
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Access the contracts bulletin board, where buyers looking for social and environmental suppliers post opportunities.
Priority access to pitching opportunities
Trusted Suppliers can book slots to connect one-to-one with buyers at 'meet the buyer' events and the annual Social Procurement Festival.
Discounts and benefits to help your business succeed
Supply Change Trusted Suppliers can access discounts and offers from our partners to support their business. This includes free HR support from Roots HR and discounts on job postings with Escape The City.
Be included in supplier proposals
Trusted Suppliers are highlighted as potential new suppliers in proposals to our supplier research clients such as Morgan Sindall Construction and L & Q.
Free access to Supply Change events
Our events include opportunities to meet prospective buyers, learning opportunities to help you access more contracts and networking.
Learn directly from buyers about accessing contracts
Buyers will share insights and answer questions about their procurement processes and how suppliers can access commercial opportunities with them at our Ask the Experts webinars.
