Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Social procurement—the intentional generation of social value through an organisation’s procurement and commissioning processes—is being adopted globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand as progressive social policy. Some of the issues that lie behind calls for economic justice, such as economic opportunity, rights for vulnerable workers, and unemployment, may be addressed through social procurement. While Māori may also benefit from this, there are other factors that should be considered from a Te Tiriti perspective.METHOD: In this research brief, we outline the context behind the government’s current initiatives, drawing on policy and research literature as part of a scoping study aimed at developing a Te Tiriti approach to social procurement.CONCLUSION: We conclude by noting the opportunities for economic justice for Māori, but also some of the caveats drawn from international and Aotearoa New Zealand literature.
Highlights
Social procurement—the intentional generation of social value through an organisation’s procurement and commissioning processes—is being adopted globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand as progressive social policy
We conclude by noting the opportunities for economic justice for Maori, and some of the caveats drawn from international and Aotearoa New Zealand literature
In late 2020, the Government set a target that five percent of public sector contracts should be awarded to Māori, with Te Puni Kōkiri trialling approaches over 2021 as to how this might be best achieved (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [MBIE], 2020b)
Summary
Social procurement—the intentional generation of social value through an organisation’s procurement and commissioning processes—is being adopted globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand as progressive social policy. The New Zealand government is currently touting social procurement—that is, the intentional generation of social value through procurement and commissioning processes (Furneaux & Barraket, 2014; Hurt-Suwan & Mahler, 2020)—as a tool of economic justice, for Māori (Nash & Jackson, 2020). In late 2020, the Government set a target that five percent of public sector contracts should be awarded to Māori, with Te Puni Kōkiri trialling approaches over 2021 as to how this might be best achieved (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [MBIE], 2020b).
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