Sustainable procurement in healthcare

Purpose The adoption of sustainable procurement in construction clients’ organisation remains a difficult concept. Current research of sustainable procurement adoption studies fails to focus on a multi-stage adoption process. The purpose of this paper is to develop an organisational adoption model in a multi-stage process for the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction. Design/methodology/approach The paper developed an organisational adoption model. The model was tested against data obtained from survey administered to 193 respondents of central and local government institutions with a response rate of 63.7 per cent. Structural equation modelling using the partial least squares was employed to determine and confirm the factor structure of the model, and to measure the relationships between the model constructs. Findings An organisational adoption model is developed, tested and is robust to aid the adoption decision process of sustainable procurement within construction organisations. Research limitations/implications The study is limited in scope affecting generalisation of the results. Future study should expand the scope to include consultants, contractors and suppliers. Practical implications The adoption model will assist policy makers and top managers to understand the adoption decision process and prioritise on the technological, organisational and environmental factors that significantly affect sustainable adoption decision process within construction organisations. Originality/value This study appears to be among the first to empirically develop an organisational adoption model to aid the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction.

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Modeling the Sustainable Procurement Initiatives Using Fuzzy-Based MCDM Framework

Sustainable Procurement in Supply Chain Operations ◽

10.1201/9780429466328-4 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 85-96

Author(s):

Chandra Prakash Garg

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Procurement

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Sustainable procurement practices in the supplier selection process: an exploratory study in the context of Brazilian manufacturing companies

Corporate Governance ◽

10.1108/cg-10-2020-0481 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Alex Moysés Barbanti ◽

Rosley Anholon ◽

Izabela Simon Rampasso ◽

Vitor William Batista Martins ◽

Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Supplier Selection ◽

Local Community ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Selection Process ◽

Correlation Method ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Content Type ◽

Sustainable Procurement ◽

Starting Point ◽

Criteria Importance

Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the adoption of sustainable procurement practices adopted by Brazilian manufacturing companies in supplier selection; additionally, it is aimed to understand which of these practices enable a better differentiation of the analysed companies. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was performed to compose the theoretical base of this research. In addition, a detailed study of ISO 20400 standard was conducted. The guidelines of ISO 20400 were used as a base to structure a questionnaire used in a survey with professionals working in procurement sphere of manufacturing companies in Brazil. The data were analysed via frequency and CRITIC (Criteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation) method. Findings A moderate dispersion in the adoption level of sustainable procurement practices in supplier selection process of the manufacturing companies was observed; in practices associated with social aspects, the dispersion is greater. A negative issue to be highlighted is that almost 20% of analysed companies did not even considered in their supplier selection process if their candidates accomplish philanthropic activities, generate jobs in local community and fulfill the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of United Nations (UN). Those two last practices are the ones with the best capacity to differ the companies in the sample. Originality/value There are few studies that focuses on understanding the adoption of sustainable procurement practices in manufacturing companies' supplier selection process. The main contribution of this study to the literature is to evidence that social requirements in supplier selection process are considered in a clear and well-structured form only by few Brazilian manufacturing companies. Despite the sample size, companies analysed in this research are prominent organisations in manufacturing sector. Thus, if this situation occurs in these companies, a more critical scenario will be evidenced in other organisations. This study has implication for practice and academy. For companies' managers, information present here can be used to debate the theme in the organisational context and the nine practices and scale can be used to perform a critical analysis of company's practices. For researchers, the information present here can be used as starting point for futures studies.

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Perspectives of introduction sustainable procurement in public procurement in Russia

Oeconomia Copernicana ◽

10.12775/oec.2016.003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Irina Romodina ◽

Maxim Silin

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Public Procurement ◽

Main Question ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Sustainable Procurement ◽

Global Trend ◽

Sustainable Economy ◽

Sector Research ◽

Public Sector Research

The paper is about sustainable public procurement as a new global trend in the development of a sustainable economy. The main question raised is the following: how could sustainable public procurement be implemented in Russia? We aim to answer the question by presenting the findings of survey, covering public procurement practices of 51 contracting authorities and documentation analysis of 400 public tenders, and investigating Russian legislation. The conducted survey aims to identify the aspects of sustainable public procurement already used by public authorities in procuring practices in Russia. The analysis of Russian legislation allows to define in which sections of procurement documentation different aspects of sustainability could be included. This paper provides a unique survey of sustainable procurement practices across the Russian public sector. Research also shows the prerequisites of implementation of sustainable public procurement in Russia.

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