Fred Mear
Small Group Project 2022-23
Climate Responsive Procurement – A Pilot Study Of Local Authorities And Businesses In Scotland And England
With Louis Ellam & Miles Weaver & Samuel Komakech
Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. SDG 13 is critical as it underpins many of the other SDGs. Much of the related work so far has focused on the need for climate responsiveness and the reporting of corporate social responsibility (CSR). There is a notable gap in the literature on how governments and businesses embed their climate responsive policies into their financial management systems. In particular, this research examines UK procurement processes.
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Biography
After working in the UK public Sector for ten years Fred moved to academia approximately 30 years ago and has since then taught and researched in many countries. He was a trustee of an international aid agency for some 25 years. His expertise is in Public Financial Management reforms and he has been published not only in English Language journals but also Chinese and French. Fred has taught in UK, China, Singapore and Russia and has worked on EU Technical Assistance programmes for countries such as Russian, Latvia, Belarus, Cuba and is currently involved in the Technical Assistance programme in Moldova.
Biographical details correct as of 19.04.26