Overcoming the barriers to green procurement in the county: Interest groups and administrative professionalism

Smith, Christy D.; Terman, Jessica N.

doi:10.1108/jopp-16-03-2016-b001

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“…Hence, the description of GP is not based on a single source of definition. Smith and Terman (2016) defined GP as the process of selecting products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human's health and the environment when comparing them to other competing products or services that serve the same purpose. Meanwhile, Malaysian Green Technology Corporation (2017) has defined Government Green Procurement (GGP) as "..the acquisition of products, services and work in the public sector that takes into account environmental criteria and standards to conserve the natural environment and resources, which minimises and reduces the negative impacts of human activities".…”

Section: The Review Of Green Procurement's Implementation: Readiness Level Barriers and Key Catalystsmentioning

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Green Procurement in Construction: Analysis of the Readiness Level and Key Catalyst among Construction Enablers

Razali¹,

Khalil²,

Bohari³

et al. 2021

IJSCET

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In the concern of sustainability and increasing awareness of environmental degradation, the Malaysian government has promoted numerous initiatives on green growth and green procurement (GP) to maintain and minimize the ecological effects in construction. However, this initiative is still in the infancy stage as to date, there is no specific guideline delineated to the construction industry, and it has yet to be enforced by the government to the construction practitioners. In construction, green procurement is a new area, and immediate actions are needed upon the principles, guidelines, and policy and implementation framework. Hence, this research aims to analyse the readiness level, barriers, and key catalysts among construction enablers towards adopting green procurement in the construction industry. Questionnaires were distributed to 102 construction enablers, focusing on quantity surveying firms in the Klang Valley area (Kuala Lumpur and Selangor), and 87 returned the responses. The analysis uses descriptive statistics via mean score, and the standard deviation was used to measure the variables and the mean's dispersion. It is revealed that the consultants are ready to adopt green procurement. However, GP's implementation's top challenges are lack of internal expertise, low awareness about green procurement, and lack of established best practices, standardized procedures and guidelines. It can be summarized that promoting GP and its implementation requires government support in policies, initiatives, and incentives. As the current practice is fragmented, ideally, GP's adoption in construction projects needs to conform to the acceptable standards that enable specific provisions to acquire eco-friendly sustainable construction.

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Section: The Review Of Green Procurement's Implementation: Readiness Level Barriers and Key Catalystsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Procurement in Construction: Analysis of the Readiness Level and Key Catalyst among Construction Enablers

Razali¹,

Khalil²,

Bohari³

et al. 2021

IJSCET

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“…Researchers pin this development on the continuously appearing major scandals in public procurement (Thai, 2001(Thai, , 2008, as well as on the cognizance of public procurement as key component towards sustainability. The attribute "key component towards sustainability" derives from the possibility of cascading supply chain effects globally and bases on the purchasing force of trillions of dollars flowing through the mechanisms of publicly procured goods and services worldwide per year with great impact on the economy (Knebel et al, 2019;Smith and Terman, 2016;The World Bank, 2016). The idea to use the forceful function of public procurement as tool to achieve economic, social and other objectives, reaches back centuries (Grandia and Meehan, 2017;McCrudden, 2004;Smith and Terman, 2016;Thai, 2001).…”

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“…The attribute “key component toward sustainability” derives from the possibility of cascading supply chain effects globally and bases on the purchasing force of trillions of dollars flowing through the mechanisms of publicly procured goods and services worldwide per year with great impact on the economy (Knebel et al , 2019; Smith and Terman, 2016; The World Bank, 2016). The idea to use the forceful function of public procurement as a tool to achieve economic, social and other objectives, reaches back centuries (Grandia and Meehan, 2017; McCrudden, 2004; Smith and Terman, 2016; Thai, 2001). At the same time, governments use public procurement as a foreign policy tool to achieve objectives such as national economic stabilization and development, also by preferring national and local firms over firms from other countries in a protectionist way (Thai, 2001).…”

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Framing sustainability in public procurement by typologizing sustainability indicators – the case of Switzerland

Knebel

Seele

2021

JOPP

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Purpose Sustainable public procurement (SPP) lacks common means for its operationalization within legislative latitudes. Through the translation of sustainability indicators (SIs) from CSR and corporate sustainability reporting into the needs of SPP, this paper aims to support the framing process of sustainability in public procurement. This paper does so along with the case of Switzerland. Design/methodology/approach This paper performs a typological analysis of well-established SIs from CSR reporting to propose a criteria framework for SPP. Second, this paper tests the framework’s usability and feasibility with an expert online survey conducted in the Swiss SPP landscape. Findings This paper proposes 10 generic criteria to frame the operationalization of SPP. Furthermore, public procurement experts from Switzerland evaluate the SPP framework as useful and feasible. Research limitations/implications A limitation of the study can be seen in its deductive approach. Thus, it rather complements recent inductive approaches of SPP type and frame developments than replacing them. Future studies can further refine the understanding and operationalization of sustainability in public procurement. Practical implications The generic SPP criteria framework provides a common ground for the operationalization of SPP building on existing sustainability performance measurement knowledge and a frame to operationalize sustainability measurements for public tender processes. Social implications Implementing sustainability in public procurement potentially changes market behaviors globally toward social equality and minimization of climate change impacts. This research aims to support the SPP implementation process. Originality/value To the best knowledge, this is the first attempt to directly translate established SIs from sustainability reporting into public procurement to frame SPP and to use existing sustainability measurement knowledge for its operationalization and harmonization.

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“…A first observation on the respective literature is that if some authors address the problem theoretically or globally (Testa et al, 2016a;Igarashi et al, 2015), others address the problems at national / regional / division level (Walter and Brammer, 2009;Michelsen et al, 2009;Varnäs et al, 2009;Fuentes-Bargues et al, 2019;Zhu et al, 2013;Tessema and Marsille, 2009;Preuss, 2009;Appolloni et al, 2014;Aldenius and Khan, 2017;Smith and Terman, 2016), so that, finally, some give their publications important international accents (Brammer and Walker, 2011;Nissinen et al, 2009).…”

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Legislative Means Aimed at Stimulating Green Procurement in the Public Sector. A Critical Case Study of Romania

Bostan¹,

Lazãr²,

Asalos³

2020

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In a framework characterized by a relatively high degree of institutionalization, such as that of the European Union, it became difficult to imagine that the problem of Green Public Procurement (GPP) could surpass it. The special importance of the GPP, due to its favorable effects on the sustainable development, conservation / improvement of the environment, human health, etc., to which other positive social-economic implications are added, makes it a distinct subject of both EU strategies / policies, and the related legislative system. In this respect, several directives, decisions and recommendations operate, which have obviously made a strong imprint on the policies and legislation of the Member States. Starting from the European requirements in the field, but also taking into account the regulatory framework applicable in Romania, our approach tackles legal instruments designed to stimulate GPP in the public sector, highlighting the dysfunctions in the field of green procurement special legislation. We consider here some delays in the application of the European legislation and related to the appearance of the guide containing the minimum criteria regarding environmental protection, etc., but also the existence of loopholes or contradictions in the legislative texts, as well as post-adoption deadlocks. In order to achieve the purpose of the paper, which is to demonstrate that the legislative means are capable of stimulating green procurement in the public sector, we carry out a review of the scientific literature, after which we focus on the European legislative system related to GPP. We then insist on the elaboration and implementation of national legal instruments aimed at stimulating the GPP and the arguments for strengthening the GPP system by regulatory means. Lastly, we saved an important part, that of the description of the special legal source intended to regulate the GPP in the national public sector, which is characterized by sluggishness, loopholes, post-adoption deadlocks. Our approach, in the structure shown, demonstrations that the regulatory body regarding the Romanian GPP system is characterized by inefficiency. According to the authors, the solution is implementing some legislative changes, strictly in accordance with the best European practices.

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Overcoming the barriers to green procurement in the county: Interest groups and administrative professionalism

Cited by 22 publications

References 34 publications

Green Procurement in Construction: Analysis of the Readiness Level and Key Catalyst among Construction Enablers

Green Procurement in Construction: Analysis of the Readiness Level and Key Catalyst among Construction Enablers

Framing sustainability in public procurement by typologizing sustainability indicators – the case of Switzerland

Legislative Means Aimed at Stimulating Green Procurement in the Public Sector. A Critical Case Study of Romania

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