scholarly journals European Green Deal – the way to Circular Public Procurement

ERA Forum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tünde Tátrai ◽  
Orsolya Diófási-Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Competition And Cooperation ◽  
Execution Monitoring ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to link the concept of green public procurement (GPP) to the nowadays popular circular economy (CE) concept by exploring the possibilities of circular public procurement. The legal framework will be specified at all stages of the suggested procurement cycle (preparation, tendering, execution, monitoring) and the connected instruments that support GPP will be summarized. In the research, ecolabelling and life-cycle costing will be highlighted as tools leading to Circular Public Procurement (CPP), drawing attention to the importance of ensuring competition and cooperation with market actors using these tools.

Does Green Public Procurement Lead to Life Cycle Costing adoption?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 16760
Author(s):  
Maria Rosa De Giacomo ◽  
Francesco Testa ◽  
Fabio Iraldo ◽  
Marco Formentini
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Green Public Procurement

scholarly journals Does Green Public Procurement lead to Life Cycle Costing (LCC) adoption?

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 100500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Rosa De Giacomo ◽  
Francesco Testa ◽  
Fabio Iraldo ◽  
Marco Formentini
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Green Public Procurement

scholarly journals Sustainability Assessment with Integrated Circular Economy Principles: A Toy Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3856
Author(s):  
Rebeka Kovačič Lukman ◽  
Vasja Omahne ◽  
Damjan Krajnc
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment

When considering the sustainability of production processes, research studies usually emphasise environmental impacts and do not adequately address economic and social impacts. Toy production is no exception when it comes to assessing sustainability. Previous research on toys has focused solely on assessing environmental aspects and neglected social and economic aspects. This paper presents a sustainability assessment of a toy using environmental life cycle assessment, life cycle costing, and social life cycle assessment. We conducted an inventory analysis and sustainability impact assessment of the toy to identify the hotspots of the system. The main environmental impacts are eutrophication, followed by terrestrial eco-toxicity, acidification, and global warming. The life cycle costing approach examined the economic aspect of the proposed design options for toys, while the social assessment of the alternative designs revealed social impacts along the product life cycle. In addition, different options based on the principles of the circular economy were analysed and proposed in terms of substitution of materials and shortening of transport distances for the toy studied.

DEVELOP A NEW JOINT CURRICULUM FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO COVER THE NEEDS OF THE FURNITURE SECTOR ON GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FACILITATOR

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan José Ortega Gras ◽  
Josefina Garrido Lova ◽  
María Del Carmen de Guerrero Manso ◽  
Pedro José Bueso Guillén ◽  
Gregorio Cañavate Cruzado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Green Public Procurement

Green Public Procurement

2019 ◽  
pp. 136-160
Author(s):  
Carmen Lenuta Trica ◽  
Luminita Ghita
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Procurement ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
Procurement Contracts

At present, legal provisions and environmental policy regulate the possibilities of using environmental considerations in the development of award criteria, as well as in the performance clauses of procurement contracts. The first part of the chapter analyzes the concept of green procurement and product categories for which green procurement can be used. The second part of the chapter presents the benefits of using green procurement. The third part of the chapter will include assessing the progress and impact of using green procurement. The fourth part of the chapter analyzes the legal framework for public procurement in Romania, as well as the capacity of the market to offer and develop products and services that include minimum environmental requirements and criteria. In the fifth part of the chapter, the authors analyze the possibility of implementing a mechanism for the operation and implementation of the legal provisions in Romania in order to improve the quality of the services and optimize the costs of the public procurement.

scholarly journals Sustainable Public Procurement: The Impact of Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity on the Implementation of Different Types of Sustainable Public Procurement

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolien Grandia ◽  
Dylan Voncken
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Social Return On Investment ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
International Social

Public organisations develop sustainable public procurement (SPP) policies to compel suppliers to contribute to societal goals. Studies show that the ability, motivation, and opportunity that procurers have to procure in a sustainable manner affect the uptake of SPP. Most studies into SPP examine these factors only in the context of one type of SPP (e.g., green procurement). The goal of this paper is therefore to examine the relationship between ability, motivation, and opportunity and six types of SPP: (1) green public procurement, (2) social return on investment, (3) circular economy, (4) bio-based public procurement, (5) innovation-oriented public procurement and (6) international social criteria. An online survey was administered amongst procurers working in Dutch public organisations. The research shows that ability, motivation, and opportunity affect Green Public Procurement (GPP). Opportunity did affect green public procurement, innovation-oriented public procurement and circular economy, but not the other types of SPP. We were unable to identify an antecedent of more social types of SPP in this research. This research shows that findings based on GPP cannot be directly generalized to other types of SPP, and that there is a need for research into the antecedents of social types of SPP.

Using environmental product declarations for green public procurement and life cycle assessment of concrete pavements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Rangelov ◽  
Heather Dylla ◽  
Nadarajah Sivaneswaran
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Concrete Pavements ◽  
Environmental Product Declarations ◽  
Concrete Production ◽  
Green Public Procurement

Environmental impacts of concrete production have been evaluated for more than a decade. As a result, a national program for environmental product declarations (EPDs) of concrete has been initiated. The main objective of this paper is to analyze concrete EPDs produced to date and evaluate their applicability for green public procurement (GPP) and life-cycle assessment (LCA) of concrete pavements. EPDs provide transparent and verified quantification of environmental impacts, calculated per predetermined guidelines, known as Product Category Rules (PCRs). PCRs for concrete were developed through involvement of stakeholders from the building industry; therefore, these PCRs may not be fully applicable to paving concrete. The analysis included over 70 published EPDs and revealed that there are marked variations in underlying data sources and data quality, which hinders comparability of EPDs and use of EPDs for benchmarking. Concrete EPDs were created primarily using proprietary data sources suitable for the private sector. However, in the public sector, the use of proprietary data may be cost-prohibitive for agencies, disable transparency, and present the impediment to wider GPP and LCA adoption. To that end, reliable public datasets offer more promise for the development of paving concrete EPD. This study also compares concrete PCR to that of other paving materials (cement, aggregate, asphalt), all of which were created with no overarching entity. Accordingly, the potential options for harmonization and synergetic use of these EPDs in GPP and pavement LCA are also investigated.

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