What factors influence the uptake of GPP (green public procurement) practices? New evidence from an Italian survey

Common barriers to CPP implementation include a lack of knowledge and resources, a lack of commitment from top management, unfavorable mindset, and a lack of product in the market.

“Common barriers include a lack of knowledge and resources, a lack of commitment from top management, unfavorable mindset and a lack of product in the market”

Drivers of CPP implementation include change agents within the organization and clear policy and incentives.

“while drivers include change agents within the organization and clear policy and incentives (Testa et al., 2012;Grandia et al., 2015;Sönnichsen and Clement, 2019;Qazi and Appolloni, 2022).”

Organizational changes at every level-including responsibilities, roles, and functions-are necessary when implementing policy by public procurement.

“Organizational changes at every level-including responsibilities, roles, and functions-are thus necessary when implementing policy by public procurement (Testa et al., 2012).”

Top management made strategic decisions that were important for policy implementation through CPP.

“For this reason, the top management made strategic decisions that were important for policy implementation though CPP (Testa et al., 2012;Vejaratnam et al., 2020).”