scholarly journals Green recovery packages: a boost for environmental and climate work in the Swedish construction and building industry?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Enberg ◽  
Anders Ahlbäck ◽  
Edvin Nordell
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Free Construction ◽  
Green Public Procurement

The objective of this study is to explore whether the green recovery packages issued by the Swedish government are aligned with the work of the construction and building industry to become climate-neutral by 2045. We have interviewed heads of sustainability of some of the largest companies in the industry and surveyed companies that have signed the Roadmap for a fossil-free construction and building industry1. Our results show that market-related challenges constitute the most important challenges to the environmental and climate work of the companies in our study. To better respond to these challenges, they require policies that reward frontrunners, primarily green public procurement, and tougher standards and norms. They also requested investments and policies that support the transition to a circular economy. We conclude that while green public procurement is not among the policies and investments included in the recovery packages, other parts are well aligned with the challenges encountered, requested investments and policies, and on-going work. This is particularly true for the above-mentioned investments related to the transition to a circular economy. Further, the study enables us to conclude that it is important to consider the long-term effects of green recovery packages and their potential for return-on-investment in terms of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per SEK. Such packages will also have a better effect if they support on-going environmental and climate work, initiate new actions, and are designed with a systems perspective that facilitates joint action between different companies along the entire supply chain.

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

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.

scholarly journals The long-term effects of employer-sponsored pension plans on non-workplace returns on investments

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-216
Author(s):  
Derek Messacar ◽  
René Morissette
Keyword(s):  
Return On Investment ◽  
Pension Plan ◽  
Pension Plans ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Flow Of Funds ◽  
Average Return ◽  
Instrumental Variables Approach ◽  
Substantial Heterogeneity ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractWhat is the effect of having an employer-sponsored pension plan (EPP) on financial performance in non-workplace investments? This paper offers new insight into this unresolved empirical issue using administrative data on more than 345,000 tax filers from Canada. The paper makes two key contributions. First, an approach for inferring relative returns on investments is developed based on a longitudinal analysis of saving flow-of-funds and wealth data related to the use of the tax-free savings account (TFSA). The analysis shows that there is substantial heterogeneity in asset balances across individuals with equivalent saving histories. Second, having an EPP is shown to raise the average return on investment in other tax-preferred saving plans, albeit by a modest amount of approximately 0.50–1.25% over 5 years since the TFSA was introduced. This result is robust to augmenting the analysis to an instrumental variables approach, exploiting variation in the availability of EPPs across cohorts by sex and industry of employment.

The social return on investment in community befriending

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Arvidson ◽  
Fraser Battye ◽  
David Salisbury
Keyword(s):  
Return On Investment ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Return On Investment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Post Natal Depression

Purpose – This paper seeks to illustrate the social and economic impact of services delivered by a small charity to families affected by post-natal depression (PND). It highlights challenges and offers insights to the meaning of “social value” and “value for money” for commissioners of public health services. This has relevance for the introduction of new policies regarding commissioning. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on a social return on investment (SROI) approach. Evidence was gathered from quantitative data, interviews and a literature review. The analysis examined short-, medium- and long-term effects, and attributed monetary values to social outcomes. Findings – The service provides a return of £6.50 for every £1 invested. The analysis established outcomes for service users and long-term impacts on families and children. It illustrated how these services are important in achieving more appropriate service responses, providing value for money to the NHS. Findings also relate to the definition of “social value” and “value for money”. Research limitations/implications – There is no common accepted method for identifying financial values for a number of the benefits identified in this analysis. By being transparent in how the analysis was carried out, the paper encourages further critical thinking in this area. Practical implications – Engaging commissioners in this type of analysis may assist them in the use of economic evaluation that includes social values as an input to decision making. Originality/value – The paper contributes to the understanding of “social value” and “value for money” in the context of public services. This is of importance given that the Social Value Act and “Open Public Services” reform are being implemented in the UK.

scholarly journals Strategic Public Procurement: Facilitating Sustainable Development in Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Vesta Malolitneva ◽  
Ruslan Dzhabrailov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Conceptual Changes ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Social Environmental

New benchmarks for world development were approved at the UN Summit in 2015, namely 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Ukraine, like other UN member states, has joined the global process of ensuring sustainable development. This requires conceptual changes in all spheres of life. Public procurement is considered as one of the most powerful tools for solving social, environmental and economic challenges facing the world. The article is dedicated to the role of sustainable public procurement and substantiation of ways of changing the conceptual approach to procurement in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development in Ukraine. Based on the analysis of foreign experience, it is proposed to change the approach to public procurement in Ukraine in such a way as to emphasize not only reduction of costs and saving of public funds but also the support of the long-term goals of the state. Keywords: public procurement, sustainable development, sustainable public procurement, “horizontal” objectives, green public procurement, socially responsible public procurement.

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.

scholarly journals From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach

Soil Systems ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Jurasinski ◽  
Sate Ahmad ◽  
Alba Anadon-Rosell ◽  
Jacqueline Berendt ◽  
Florian Beyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Microbial Community Composition ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Alder Forest

Of all terrestrial ecosystems, peatlands store carbon most effectively in long-term scales of millennia. However, many peatlands have been drained for peat extraction or agricultural use. This converts peatlands from sinks to sources of carbon, causing approx. 5% of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect and additional negative effects on other ecosystem services. Rewetting peatlands can mitigate climate change and may be combined with management in the form of paludiculture. Rewetted peatlands, however, do not equal their pristine ancestors and their ecological functioning is not understood. This holds true especially for groundwater-fed fens. Their functioning results from manifold interactions and can only be understood following an integrative approach of many relevant fields of science, which we merge in the interdisciplinary project WETSCAPES. Here, we address interactions among water transport and chemistry, primary production, peat formation, matter transformation and transport, microbial community, and greenhouse gas exchange using state of the art methods. We record data on six study sites spread across three common fen types (Alder forest, percolation fen, and coastal fen), each in drained and rewetted states. First results revealed that indicators reflecting more long-term effects like vegetation and soil chemistry showed a stronger differentiation between drained and rewetted states than variables with a more immediate reaction to environmental change, like greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Variations in microbial community composition explained differences in soil chemical data as well as vegetation composition and GHG exchange. We show the importance of developing an integrative understanding of managed fen peatlands and their ecosystem functioning.

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