Let’s wake the sleeping giant of social change: procurement

Mark Swift 8th January 2026

EXPERT INSIGHT: How and where public money is spent is too often regarded as a back-office procedure, rather than the frontline instrument of social change that it should be, says Mark Swift. Procurement done well can have a huge positive influence on people, their communities and the environment.

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