Ethical public procurement

Responsible Business Advisors (RBA) has gained a framework agreement with nearly 180 municipalities, public companies and institution to provide advise on ethical requirements in public procurement The Norwegian law on public procurement with effect from January 2017 establishes in its paragraph 5 that all public procurement must take environment, human- and labour rights, into account. In this framework agreement, RBA is part of a consortium with BDO (lead), Factlines and Inventura. RBA´s role is to provide risk assessments, identify quality local social auditors for in-site inspections and advice on improvements.