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A #FiredUpFriday reminder to not lose hope in the power of the marketplace revolution!

Register before February 3 to secure a spot in the Social Procurement Professional Certificate February 2025 cohort! This course is designed for purchasers from the public and private sectors. Register now: buff.ly/4gyWh79

Book custom trainings to educate and grow capacity in your teams. Buy Social Canada provides customized training that can be tailored to your audience, specific needs, context, and strategic goals. Contact us at [email protected] to inquire.

Every purchase has a social, economic, and environmental impact. #SocialProcurement is about using your existing purchasing to capture those impacts and help shape inclusive, vibrant and healthy communities. Learn more: buff.ly/3q6citI

Sustainability puts people, planet and community before profit, and while this #FiredUpFriday quote reminds us we can't consume our way to a sustainable planet, we can use social procurement to buy with impact and leverage our dollars to create community benefits.

Just one week left until we start the Social Procurement Professional Certificate February 2025 cohort! This course is designed for purchasers from the public and private sectors. Register before February 3 to secure your spot: buff.ly/4gyWh79

Buy Social Canada commits to achieving net-zero emissions by 2030. To further advance sustainability in our own activities and in the wider community, Buy Social Canada has joined the Government of Canada Net-Zero Challenge. Leran more: buff.ly/40x6N8E

Don't miss the first virtual Buy Social Canada Community of Practice meeting on February 13, 2025. This is an opportunity for those interested or engaged with social procurement to connect and learn together. To join the COP please contact [email protected].

Meet Supply Chain Canada and local social enterprises for the Supply Chain X Sustainability Meetup Vancouver on February 11 from 4:00-7:30pm. The event will feature Buy Social Canada Certified Social Enterprise The Ocean Legacy Foundation. Register now: buff.ly/4gpx7r5

Buy Social Canada is thrilled to launch nominations for the 2025 Social Procurement and Social Enterprise Champion Awards. Recognize and celebrate organizations that drive impact in the supply chain and advance social procurement or social enterprise: buff.ly/3EBDIBS

#ICYMI our February newsletter features the 2025 Social Procurement and Social Enterprise Champion Award Nominations, our response to the threat of a Canada/US trade war, social enterprise contracts making an impact in community, and more Read now: buff.ly/42QMdCP

Join us to welcome a new Certified Social Enterprise to the Buy Social Canada network: Commissionaires BC! Commissionaires BC provides a range of security services to government and commercial clients while employing veterans and former first responders in Mainland BC.

Help us welcome the newest Buy Social Canada Certified Social Enterprise! Kaleo Labs is a non-profit consulting and education company that exists to support social enterprises and social purpose organizations in Canada and abroad. Learn more: buff.ly/3EA92AW

Recognize and celebrate Canadian organizations that drive impact in the supply chain and nominate your organization or another for a 2025 Social Procurement or Social Enterprise Champion Award. Learn more: buff.ly/3EBDIBS

This is a great article from the UK emphasizing the importance of accountability, measurement and reporting in #SocialProcurement implementation, with insights that are relevant beyond the social housing sector. Read now: buff.ly/41vQZVu