The SPSC acronym has two meanings

• Sustainability Promoters & Sustainability Collaborators
• Sustainable Procurement & Supply Chain

SPSC Ambassadors are Sustainability Promoters & Sustainability Collaborators who play an important role to support Sustainable Procurement & Supply Chain

We all buy/procure products and services for ourselves, our families, our homes, and may be our organizations. So we all can deliver a long-lasting impact on the global supply chain by

• Avoiding or reducing the purchase of non-sustainable products & services
• Purchasing sustainable products instead of non-sustainable products
• Using products and services sensibly
• Exploring repair, refurbish, reuse, reprocess & repurpose options to extend product life
• Trying to resale products, instead of disposal as waste
• Promoting recovery, recycling & upcycling
• Composting or disposing of products responsibly
• Promoting rental & hire, instead of buying, if we will hardly use the product
• Sharing products and service, so lesser natural resources are used
• Promoting sustainable products and services
• Engaging with businesses to be more sustainable
• Motivating individuals & organisations to support & Pledge to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainability Ambassador Badges and Certificates are issued against the following pledges:

1. Support Sustainability
2. Support United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
3. Support United Nations Principles
4. Support International Labour Organisation Principles
5. Comply with Data Protection Laws
6. Comply with National & International Rules, Regulation & Legislations
7. Oppose to Discrimination, Bribery & Corruption
8. Believe in Diversity & Inclusion
9. Maintain ethical conduct in your personal & professional life

After application, the judgment to grant ambassadorship is taken by Our Sustainability ambassadors. We decide Sustainability Ambassadorship level based on your commitment, knowledge, and experience. 

The applicant should be visible in the public domain. This can be Facebook, LinkedIn, website, etc. This helps us verify identity as well as review applications.

Once your application is approved, we email you the following documents:

• PDF copy of your verifiable badge
• PNG copy of your verifiable badge
• Confirmation email about your name being included in our sustainability ambassador directory.

If you have paid for a sustainability ambassador certificate then you should also receive

• PDF copy of your double verifiable certificate
• PNG copy of your double verifiable certificate
• Unique QR code for your web page

Yes. All appreciation & recognition documents stay double verifiable during the validity period. Verification can be done as follow:

1. Website Verification – Enter your unique certificate number on the verification link https://1spsc.org/verify/. Old 2021 – 2022 documents are verifiable on the link – https://iso20400plus.com/verify/
2. Mobile Camera Verification – This is instant, if your document has a QR code. Secondly, you do not have to remember, copy or enter the verification code. Just point your mobile phone camera toward the QR code, and it will directly take you to the verification results page. Most smartphones have a QR code reader, so there is no issue. If your phone does not have a QR code reader, then you can either install it or use your colleagues/family member’s phone & verify it instantly.

Note: This service is not free. They are verifiable, shareable and downloadable for a small fee.

Yes. They are verifiable, shareable and downloadable for a small fee. All appreciation & recognition documents are allowed to be shared. Your unique ambassador verification webpage link can be directly shared from our website to the following social media platforms:

• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Pintrest
• Twitter
• Xing
• Email
• Reditt
• Sena Weibo
• WhatsApp
• Telegram
• VK

Yes. All appreciation & recognition documents are also in pdf & png file format. They are verifiable, shareable and downloadable for a small fee.

We have a simple 3 step approach:

1. Engage – by issuing a verifiable SPSC Ambassadorship certificate
2. Motivate / Guide / Appreciate
3. Recognise – by issuing a verifiable badge, medal, cup, trophy, shield, crown, etc.

It is operated by Sustainability Ambassadors, and for Sustainability Ambassadors.

A perfect organization does not need to improve. We will never consider ourselves perfect, as we wish to improve today, tomorrow as well as after 10 years.

Please consider this as your initiative, so feel free to suggest, advice as well as criticize. Your valuable feedback us shape the future of the Ambassador initiative.

We try to be servant leaders. Our leaders should aim at serving their team members. A servant leader shares power puts the needs of the employees first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible. Instead of the people working to serve the leader, the leader exists to serve the people.

It is a FREE ambassadorship/membership for individuals in following categories

• students,
• enthusiasts,
• supporters,
• collaborators &
• academic

It is a FREE ambassadorship/membership for organisations in following categories

• charities,
• social enterprises,
• communities,
• government bodies &
• media

So no financial commitment, confirmation or contribution is expected bodies. in these categories.

It is also FREE to organizations registered in The Least Developed Countries. The Least Developed Countries are defined in United Nations website link – https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/least-developed-country-category/ldcs-at-a-glance.html. For other organizations, the annual fees range from £9 to £999. The ambassadorship/membership donation expectation depends on the size of the organizations.

There is no time commitment, confirmation or contribution expected from any ambassador, except ambassadors in volunteer category.

If any special sevice request is received from anyone then we expect you to donate either time or money. In such case, we prefer your donation in form of time. However, if you are busy then you are free to provide financial donation.

This is not FREE. Our team has to dedicate extra time, system & resources as below:
1. Expert’s time to review your application
2. Manage confidentiality & follow the process
3. Approve & email you certificate
4. Maintain QR code verifiability of your certificate during validity period
5. Maintain certificate number verifiability on https://1spsc.org/verify/
6. Maintain your dedicated webpage related to this certificate
7. Keep your dedicated webpage shareable on 12 social media platforms
8. Store your record & information in our system
9. Reply to any external query regarding validity of your certificate

This may be issued to professionals in following categories:

• Academic
• Affiliate
• Associate
• Fellow
• Patron

Functional Ambassadorship is meant to provide additional endorsement to enhance credibility of our Sustainability Ambassadors to make this world more sustainable.

Functional Ambassadorship should be related to your

• Job Function or
• Skills or
• Business or
• Education or
• Training & Development

The functional ambassadorship certificate is decided during your application review. You will ONLY receive the 2nd second certificate, if our jury finds enough information on your social media profiles. Our jury is not capable of spending more than 20 min on review, so neither we are perfect nor 100% capable.

If our jury has not granted your functional ambassadorship then you can make a special request of review. Please note, this certificate is only issued to our Sustainability Ambassadors.

Functional Ambassador Form link – https://ambassador.1spsc.org/ambassador/functional/

The directory is meant to provide additional visibility of Sustainability Ambassadors’ skills, knowledge and intention to serve the world. This is visible to everyone without any password access. This will help the outside world to contact you directly for paid services/products, which you can provide to them. Sustainability Ambassadors have a right to provide free service to others if they wish.

It is totally free for Sustainability Ambassadors.

For individual/organization, who are not the Sustainability Ambassador, and does not wish to be the Sustainability Ambassador, there is a cost of £99 per year for the application to be reviewed. If your application is denied for some reason then we will refund your payment in full.

Once approved, following items will appear in our directory:

• Your full name
• Your country
• Your category
• Your email id
• Your LinkedIn profile link (if you have provided)
• Your Facebook profile link (if you have provided)

The directory web link is https://1spsc.org/directory/

• FREE Individual Sustainability Ambassador Certificates to academicians, students & children
• FREE organizations Sustainability Ambassador Certificates to Charities, Communities, Social Enterprises & Government Bodies
• FREE organizations Sustainability Ambassador Certificates to organizations registered in The Least Developed Countries  
• Paid organizations Sustainability Ambassador Certificates to businesses, cooperatives, academies, schools, colleges, universities & institutes
• Paid Functional Ambassador Certificates to individuals as well as organizations.
• Free SPSC Directory Listing

• Provides genuine sustainability identity by adding the Sustainability Ambassador logo on their CV, LinkedIn Profile, Glassdoor Profile, etc.
• Gain sustainability experience through sustainability projects, which can be added on your CV and/or LinkedIn profile.
• Gain a verifiable sustainability experience certificate through sustainability projects, which can be added on your CV and/or LinkedIn profile.
• Learn sustainability skills earned through sustainability projects, which can be added on your CV and/or LinkedIn profile.
• May get endorsed and recommended by your Sustainability ambassador colleagues personally or through LinkedIn and Facebook.
• Opportunity to learn from and network with other sustainability experts.
• Develop coaching skills by mentoring other sustainability enthusiasts or students. This is to support UN SDG Goal 4 Target 4.7
• Build sustainability credentials by associating with UN SDG by supporting UN SDG Goal 12 Target 12.6 by promoting sustainability assessment and/or reporting.
• FREE Opportunity to get recognized through awards & accolades like a badge, medal, cup, trophy, shield, crown, etc. For non-Sustainability Ambassadors, this cost from £9 to £99+.
• FREE advertisement/listing of Sustainability ambassadors in our directory (https://ambassador.1spsc.org/directory/ ) for Sustainability Ambassadors. This cost from £9 to £99+ for non-Sustainability Ambassadors.
• FREE online sustainability workshop & webinar participation to either share knowledge or gain knowledge. For non-Sustainability Ambassadors, the cost is £99+ per person.
• FREE participation in our Sustainability Conference
• FREE participation in our Sustainability Quiz

The answer is NO. We do not list only a few people/organizations as perfectly sustainable, as we prefer millions of peoplorganizationsns to support sustainability imperfectly.

This is similar to the statement – “We believe that we cannot make this world waste free by efforts of a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people trying to do zero waste imperfectly.”

Following are some of the links to our engagement & recognition initiatives:

• Individual Sustainability Ambassador
• Organisational Sustainability Ambassador
• Functional Sustainability Ambassador
• Couple Medal
• Family Medal
• SPSC Directory
• Recognition Badge
• Recognition Medal
• Recognition Cup
• Recognition Trophy
• Recognition Shield
• Recognition Crown

Yes.
We define a child as a person under the age of 16. Parent or teacher need to apply on behalf of the child. The email id, in our record, will be of parent or teacher. 

NO. The Sustainability Ambassadorship does not guarantee any financial or non-financial rewards, benefits and/or compensation.