Objetivos e desafios da política de compras públicas sustentáveis no Brasil: a opinião dos especialistas

Abstract

O presente artigo investiga como os especialistas compreendem, refutam ou validam os objetivos e estabelecem os desafios prioritários à implementação da política pública de compras sustentáveis na esfera federal. Para tanto, foi utilizado um Delphi de políticas associado à análise de conteúdo, para explorar as variadas opiniões associadas à política pública e construir categorias para sua análise, sendo útil como ferramenta de apoio à decisão do governo brasileiro. Verifica-se que os especialistas compreendem essa política como de cunho ambiental em sentido estrito e ratificam a necessidade de integração das diferentes políticas públicas que atuam em prol da sustentabilidade. Adicionalmente, identifica-se que as barreiras envolvendo aspectos institucionais (cultura organizacional resistente a mudanças, ausência de capacitação etc.) e questões ligadas ao aprimoramento dos mecanismos de informação aos gestores públicos (elaboração de guias práticos, esquemas de rotulagem e certificação ambiental etc.) constituem os principais desafios à adequada efetivação da política pública. P a l av r a s -c h av e : compras públicas sustentáveis; Delphi de políticas; política pública; análise de conteúdo.Objetivos y desafíos de la política de compra sostenible en Brasil: la opinión de expertos Este artículo investiga cómo los expertos entienden, refutan o validan los objetivos y establecen los desafíos prioritarios para la aplicación de la política pública de compras sostenibles a nivel federal. Por lo tanto, se utilizó un Delphi de políticas asociados con el análisis de contenido, para explorar las diversas opiniones relacionadas con la política pública y crear categorías para su análisis, siendo útil como herramienta de apoyo a las decisiones del gobierno brasileño. Parece que los expertos entienden la DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7612146561 Artigo recebido em 28 fev. 2015 e aceito em 14 dez. 2015.

Unveiling barriers to sustainable public procurement in emerging economies: Evidence from a leading sustainable supply chain initiative in Latin America

“…For example in a random sample of 12 Federal Government Ministries (Alencastro et al, 2014), three federal universities (Aragão and Jabbour, 2017), and at the National Institute of Geography and Statistics nationwide (Couto and Coelho, 2015). It is worth mentioning that the relevance of these findings for the Brazilian context is consistent with results from a Delphi panel of Brazilian experts on sustainable public procurement in Brazil, conducted by Couto and Ribeiro (2016).…”

Municipal Green Purchasing in Mexico: Policy Adoption and Implementation Success

“…In 2015, Kleine and Brightwell [51] reported an analysis of the Brazilian school meals policy, which supports organic farms and provides meals to 43 million Brazilian children, showing the potential that public purchases have to stimulate sustainable agriculture. Three articles investigated key factors hindering GPP [15,52,53]. Finally, Novaes das Virgens, Andrade, and Hidalgo [54] analyzed the carbon footprint of public agencies, finding that GPP can be used to reduce up to 83 percent of the CO 2 emissions generated by the government.…”

“…Second, key drivers of GPP include personnel skills, green consciousness, clarity and specificity of policies, and environmentally friendly products/vendors information [45]. Third, the barriers to adoption of GPP can be grouped by institutional aspects (including culture, the lack of a relevant legal framework, lack of political will, lack of training and employee competences, stakeholder pressures, and the lack of long-term planning), issues related to the improvement of informational mechanisms (poor monitoring and inspection systems, inadequate policy measures, limited knowledge about the social and environmental impacts), the ability to make decisions in public managers (limited capacity of stakeholders, budget constraints, and lack of top management support), and market conditions and perceptions (unavailability of green products, the relative higher costs/prices of the sustainable options, the perception that sustainable items can restrict competition) [15,35,37,48,52,53].…”

Sustainable public procurement in a Brazilian higher education institution

“…However, little is known about how public sector organizations are responding to this encouragement or of the conditions that are most conducive to sustainable procurement (SP) (Brammer & Walker, 2011 ). In Brazil, the few available studies investigate, almost always, the purchases made in federal teaching and research institutions (Couto & Ribeiro, 2016 ). However, these works are focused on adding sustainability to the management purchasing sector (Alencastro et al 2014a , 2014b ; Couto & Coelho, 2015 ; Couto & Ribeiro, 2016 ; Ramos & Santos, 2017 ; Warken et al 2014 ).…”

“…In Brazil, the few available studies investigate, almost always, the purchases made in federal teaching and research institutions (Couto & Ribeiro, 2016 ). However, these works are focused on adding sustainability to the management purchasing sector (Alencastro et al 2014a , 2014b ; Couto & Coelho, 2015 ; Couto & Ribeiro, 2016 ; Ramos & Santos, 2017 ; Warken et al 2014 ). From these works, two questions emerged that instigated the present investigation: what is the relationship between the requirement for the adoption of Sustainable Public Contracts (SPP) and the understanding and evaluation of people involved with purchases (solicitors, buyers and suppliers), in a Brazilian public university?…”