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Responsible purchasing

Make progress towards your responsible purchasing goals.
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Purchase more responsibly, with ease.
With Amazon Business, empower your buyers to shop from local businesses and SMBs, or purchase products with sustainability certifications.
Track spend and report on your progress towards internal goals or regulatory mandates.

  • Save time searching

    Search for local businesses or products with sustainability certifications from a single place.

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    Wide selection of supplies

    Purchase the products that best fit your organisation’s responsible purchasing criteria and compare organisation-preferred products with alternative options.

  • Guide your buyers

    Direct your team to preferred products and sellers that meet your responsible purchasing goals.

    Guide your buyers

    Buying policies

    Make it easy for buyers to find and purchase preferred products, while balancing price and delivery speed.

  • Measure progress

    Monitor spend with local sellers, SMBs and products with sustainability certifications.

    Measure progress

    Analytics and reports

    Show progress toward your goals with simplified reporting that can be filtered by location and certifications.

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Guided Buying

Establish buying policies which guide buyers to products and sellers that help meet your responsible purchasing goals.

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Buy local

Direct buyers to local businesses with buying policies that highlight offers from preferred local sellers.

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Sustainability

Shop from a wide range of products with the Climate Pledge Friendly label from over 50 third-party certifiers.

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Analytics and insights

Track spend towards responsible purchasing goals with pre-built reports and custom dashboards.

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Spotlight organisation-preferred products in your own customised storefront, just for Business Prime Enterprise members.

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Nottingham Trent University

Learn how the university uses Amazon Business to enhance its sustainable procurement initiatives.

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Travel and hospitality

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Managing spend with improved purchasing visibility and established payments policies.

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Hospitality

BWH Hotels and SI Supply

Learn how members access Amazon Business with preferred pricing while benefiting from optimised delivery times and streamlined procurement processes

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“I would recommend Amazon Business. It's helping Nottingham Trent University to support sustainable procurement and help us meet our net zero carbon goals to be net zero by 2040.”

Claire Davies, Sustainable Procurement Manager, Nottingham Trent University
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Resources

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Empowering Responsible Purchasing

Discover how achieving a balance between profit and sustainability is vital for manufacturers' long-term success in today's dynamic business world.

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Responsible procurement

Download our guide outlining the benefits and best practices of responsible procurement.

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  • Amazon Business provides tools that make it easy to discover small, and local suppliers or products with sustainability certifications. You can set buying policies to guide buyers to preferred products and suppliers.

  • You can set a Prefer local sellers policy to highlight offers and products from local sellers on Amazon Business.

  • You can guide buyers toward more responsible purchasing using one or more buying policies available on Amazon Business, such as the Sustainability Certifications Policy, and Local Sellers Policy.

  • Amazon Business simplifies reporting and tracking of spend at local businesses, and products with sustainability certifications.

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