Green procurement in Norway; a survey of practices at the municipal and county level
Abstract
Consumer pressure is usually considered as one of the major drivers for more environmental friendly products. During the last decade an increasing focus on public procurement has emerged as an important contributor to that pressure. In this paper we focus on the role of municipalities and counties in green public procurement. Based on surveys we investigate to what degree green public procurement is implemented in Norwegian municipalities and counties and which capabilities are critical for successful green procurement. We both investigate to what degree environmental information is requested in call for tenders and also to what degree the information is actually used in the final selection of supplier. The information gathered from the municipalities and counties is compared with information obtained from potential suppliers to see if suppliers and purchasers agree on the importance of environmental demands in the selection of suppliers.
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Large corporations have been identified as influential drivers of GPP.
“Large corporations have been identified as influential drivers of GPP (Chiarini & Vagnoni, 2016;Michelsen & de Boer, 2009;Rosell, 2021;Testa et al., 2012Testa et al., , 2016)).”
From Green public procurement as an effective way for sustainable development: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Michelsen & de Boer, 2009
The development of skills and confidence among procurement professionals is required through training to overcome barriers.
“To overcome these barriers, the development of skills and confidence among procurement professionals is required through training (Aragão & Jabbour, 2017;Mendonça et al., 2021) that can enhance environmental skills (Michelsen & de Boer, 2009).”
From Green public procurement as an effective way for sustainable development: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Michelsen & de Boer, 2009
Large size is a facilitator of GPP.
“Large size Chiarini and Vagnoni (2016), Michelsen and de Boer (2009), Rosell (2021), Testa et al. (2012, 2016)”
From Green public procurement as an effective way for sustainable development: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Michelsen and de Boer (2009)
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- Authors
- Michelsen, O., & de Boer, L.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Michelsen, Ottar
- ORCID
- Michelsen, Ottar
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-10
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 160-167
- ISSN
- 0301-4797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2081611243
- Cited by
- 205
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 18.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Environmental Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Public Procurement and Policy
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Keywords
- green public procurement, green purchasing, municipalities, counties, supplier selection, environmental requirements, consumer pressure, environmental product policy, Norwegian municipalities
- MeSH terms
- Conservation of Natural Resources, Data Collection, Norway
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