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Sustainable Public Procurement: The Impact of Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity on the Implementation of Different Types of Sustainable Public Procurement

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Grandia, Jolien, Voncken, Dylan·2019·Sustainability
DOI 10.3390/su11195215
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Public organisations develop sustainable public procurement (SPP) policies to compel suppliers to contribute to societal goals. Studies show that the ability, motivation, and opportunity that procurers have to procure in a sustainable manner affect the uptake of SPP. Most studies into SPP examine these factors only in the context of one type of SPP (e.g., green procurement). The goal of this paper is therefore to examine the relationship between ability, motivation, and opportunity and six types of SPP: (1) green public procurement, (2) social return on investment, (3) circular economy, (4) bio-based public procurement, (5) innovation-oriented public procurement and (6) international social criteria. An online survey was administered amongst procurers working in Dutch public organisations. The research shows that ability, motivation, and opportunity affect Green Public Procurement (GPP). Opportunity did affect green public procurement, innovation-oriented public procurement and circular economy, but not the other types of SPP. We were unable to identify an antecedent of more social types of SPP in this research. This research shows that findings based on GPP cannot be directly generalized to other types of SPP, and that there is a need for research into the antecedents of social types of SPP.

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  • Internal barriers impede GPP implementation, including compliance with procurement directives, institutional conflicts, resource limitations and a lack of awareness regarding sustainable options.

    “Third, the literature highlights various internal barriers that impede the implementation of GPP, including compliance with procurement directives, institutional conflicts, resource limitations and a lack of awareness regarding sustainable options (Grandia & Voncken, 2019).”

    From Green public procurement as an effective way for sustainable development: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Grandia & Voncken, 2019

    The Introduction (page unavailable) says that barriers within public organisations and a lack of knowledge can hinder sustainable procurement. The Theoretical Framework (page unavailable) also identifies rules and regulations and budgets as potential barriers. However, the paper does not specifically identify compliance with procurement directives or institutional conflicts as barriers to GPP; its discussion of knowledge concerns sustainable procurement generally, rather than awareness of sustainable options specifically. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Public procurers cannot assume they will work in the same way with CPP as with other types of procurement, and adaption will likely be needed.

    “Grandia and Voncken (2019) confirm this need for change, saying that public procurers cannot assume they will work in the same way with CPP as with other types of procurement, and that adaption will likely be needed.”

    From Implementation and management of a circular public procurement contract for furniture (2023) · cites this paper as Grandia and Voncken, 2019

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Authors
Grandia, J., & Voncken, D.
Affiliations
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
  • Ministry of Finance (NL)
Corresponding author
Grandia, Jolien
ORCID
Grandia, Jolien
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-09-24
Volume
11
Issue
19
Pages
5215
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/su11195215
OpenAlex
W2976890453
Cited by
107
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 1
FWCI
18.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
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 › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
Keywords
sustainable public procurement, green public procurement, social return on investment, circular economy, public sector organizations

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