Social Procurement

Every purchase has a social, economic, and environmental impact. Through social procurement, the City of Peterborough can leverage existing procurement activities to achieve positive social value outcomes and contribute to Peterborough’s strategic goals, including to be “A complete community that provides a high quality of life for its residents within a highly valued natural environment.”

City of Peterborough, with support from Buy Social Canada, has developed a social procurement policy that will advance the use of existing procurement to contribute to Peterborough community goals and strategies. The City of Peterborough has started a three-year social procurement implementation strategy.

In March 2020, City Council approved a motion to consider the possibilities for social procurement and to report back to Council. Phase 1 of the engagement activities included two engagement sessions in August 2021.