Analysis of Green Public Procurement of Works by Spanish Public Universities

Universities play an important role among public institutions because they initiate huge purchasing and contracting activities and contribute to sustainable development through education, research, and day-to-day operations. Existing studies on green public procurement (GPP) practices at Spanish uni...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2018-08, Vol.15 (9), p.1888
Main Authors: Fuentes-Bargues, Jose Luis, Ferrer-Gisbert, Pablo Sebastian, González-Cruz, Mª Carmen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colleges & universities
Conservation of Natural Resources
Construction industry
Consumption
Contraction
Environmental impact
Environmental management
Environmental Policy
GDP
Government purchasing
Gross Domestic Product
Procurement
Procurement contracts
R&D
Research & development
Spain
Sustainable development
Task forces
Universities - organization & administration
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Summary:Universities play an important role among public institutions because they initiate huge purchasing and contracting activities and contribute to sustainable development through education, research, and day-to-day operations. Existing studies on green public procurement (GPP) practices at Spanish universities focus on products and services. For this study, a total of 316 procedures were collected and analysed from the calls for tenders made by Spanish public universities between 2016 and 2017. The environmental criteria involved in the tenders and their weights were classified by subsector, geographical scope, and project budget. The results of this study show the use of environmental criteria in the works tendered by Spanish public universities is low (19.2%) in comparison with the results of other studies. It is therefore necessary to encourage GPP practices in the contracting process to comply with the environmental policies that universities have defined as part of their institutional policies.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph15091888