Services
Work with us to mandate, design and implement social procurement, sustainable procurement and best value procurement. Learn more about what we offer below.
Social Enterprise Certification
Our Canada-wide certification recognizes businesses that sell goods or services, embed a social, cultural or environmental purpose into the business, and reinvest the majority of profits into their social mission. Certification creates the opportunity to access social purchasers and a network of shared learning and collaboration.
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Social Purchasing Partnerships
We work closely with and support social purchasers, through recognition, training and designed partnerships. As a purchasing partner, you are prioritizing social procurement and making an impact with your purchasing.
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Consulting
We work in collaboration with businesses, institutions, non-profits and governments to meet your social procurement goals. Our services are founded on years of experience integrating social value into procurement policy and practice.
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Community Benefits in Construction
We have over a decade of experience in designing and implementing community benefits and social procurement in construction. We work with governments, developers and the construction sector to deliver social value outcomes on construction projects across Canada.
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Training
We offer a suite of customizable learning events and webinars to support you in the journey of learning, implementing and measuring the social value in procurement. For purchasers or suppliers, these programs can guide you and your team to social procurement success.
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Research
Explore solutions to key questions and considerations with social procurement and social enterprise research services.
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Engagement
Boost your social procurement engagement by connecting with Buy Social Canada at our national and regional events and meetings.
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BCSPI
The British Columbia Social Procurement Initiative (BCSPI) is a shared learning hub for local governments and other public purchasers across British Columbia that provides the capacity building, training, tools, and expertise required to integrate social procurement into existing purchasing practices.
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Community Champions
Buy Social Canada Community Champions are the individuals and organizations that support a shared mission to grow the social value marketplace and social economy within their networks and communities.
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