Drawbacks and opportunities of green public procurement: an effective tool for sustainable production

Building public authorities' capacity for effective GPP implementation requires targeted training and resource allocation.

“Additionally, building PAs capacity for effective GPP implementation requires targeted training and resource allocation (Testa et al., 2016).”

Some stakeholders have limited capacity, lack the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively engage in sustainable procurement practices.

“Some stakeholders have limited capacity, lack the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively engage in sustainable procurement practises (Adjei-Bamfo & Maloreh-Nyamekye, 2021), or lack awareness and knowledge of how to design green tenders (Testa et al., 2016), also due to a lack of technical capacity (Treviño-Lozano, 2021).”

Incomplete awareness or knowledge is a barrier to GPP.

“Incomplete awareness or knowledge Testa et al. (2016)”

Individual learning and training, workshops, and dissemination of best practices are crucial to achieve commitment to change and understanding of long-term benefits.

“To achieve this, individual learning and training, workshops, and dissemination of best practices are crucial (Testa et al., 2016;Sönnichsen and Clement, 2019).”

This requires new competence as well as new organizational and operational links between different functions in the organization, such as procurement and sustainability.

“This requires new competence as well as new organizational and operational links between different functions in the organization, such as procurement and sustainability (Testa et al., 2016).”

The knowledge barrier is a major obstacle for CPP implementation.

“the knowledge barrier that is a major obstacle for CPP implementation (Testa et al., 2016;Sönnichsen and Clement, 2019).”

The knowledge and experience gained from this CPP process can improve future procurements by overcoming the knowledge barrier that is a major obstacle for CPP implementation.

“The knowledge and experience gained from this CPP process can improve future procurements by overcoming the knowledge barrier that is a major obstacle for CPP implementation (Testa et al., 2016;Sönnichsen and Clement, 2019).”

In the literature, a lack of resources and knowledge is identified as the main barrier to the implementation of CPP.

“In the literature, a lack of resources and knowledge is identified as the main barrier to the implementation of CPP (see, e.g., Testa et al., 2016).”