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Green training for sustainable procurement? Insights from the Brazilian public sector
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Purpose: Human resources practices, particularly regarding environmental training, play a key role in the dissemination of sustainable supply chain practices, especially sustainable procurement. Both environmental training and sustainable procurement can prompt environmental maturity (EM) among organizations. However, little is known about the relationship between environmental training and the adoption of sustainable procurement in public sector organizations of emerging economies, such as Brazil. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between environmental training and the adoption of sustainable procurement in three Brazilian public/state universities. Design/methodology/approach: This research is qualitative and includes an exploratory study based on in-depth interviews with experts from the procurement section of Brazilian public universities. A methodological framework is proposed to analyze the results. The main questions that guided this study were: is there a relationship between the environmental-training initiatives and the adoption of sustainable procurement? Does this relationship, whether positive or negative, improve the maturity of environmental sustainability? And what is the future outlook for this issue in the context of public universities in Brazil? Findings: According to the results’ analysis, the impact of sustainable procurement practices among the public organizations analyzed was almost void. The environmental training produced limited accomplishments, although respondents viewed it as a source of potential improvement, which indicates a co-evolution of sustainable procurement, environmental training and EM. In the cases analyzed, an alignment was identified among the levels of sustainable procurement and environmental training adoption. Research limitations/implications: It was identified that the lacks of training and support from senior management, environmental culture, great bureaucracy and economic factors were considered barriers and difficulties to implementing environmental procurement practices. These barriers deserve further study. Originality/value: There is a lack of research on the relationship between environmental training and the adoption of sustainable procurement in emerging economies and in public sector organizations.
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“The alignment between GPP and environmental training has been observed, indicating a coevolutionary relationship among GPP, environmental training and environmental management (Aragão & Jabbour, 2017;Leger et al., 2013;Pacheco-Blanco & Bastante-Ceca, 2016).”
From Green public procurement as an effective way for sustainable development: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Aragão & Jabbour, 2017
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“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 Aragão & Jabbour, 2017
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“Environmental training and environmental management Aragão and Jabbour (2017), Leger et al., (2013), Pacheco-Blanco and Bastante-Ceca (2016)”
From Green public procurement as an effective way for sustainable development: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Aragão and Jabbour (2017)
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“Moreover, the internet technology-based procurement system has received less attention in terms of green procurement and sustainability practices [55,56].”
From The Impact of Electronic Procurement Adoption on Green Procurement towards Sustainable Supply Chain Performance-Evidence from Malaysian ISO Organizations (2022) · cites this paper as [56]
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“Senior executives, environmental culture, a huge bureaucracy, and economic variables regarded to be challenging in implementing environmental procurement practices include identifying the level of training and assistance [56].”
From The Impact of Electronic Procurement Adoption on Green Procurement towards Sustainable Supply Chain Performance-Evidence from Malaysian ISO Organizations (2022) · cites this paper as [56]
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- Authors
- Aragão, C. G., & Jabbour, C. J. C.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
- Venue
- Industrial and Commercial Training
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2017-01-03
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 48-54
- ISSN
- 0019-7858 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2563532285
- Cited by
- 134
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 21.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Industrial and Commercial Training (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Social Sciences › Education › Sustainability in Higher Education
- Keywords
- environmental training, sustainable procurement, public universities, public sector organizations, human resource management practices, sustainable supply chain management, senior management support, environmental culture, bureaucracy, Brazil
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