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Business: Theory and Practice, 2012 Sustainable development is universal ideology, which must be implemented in all areas of public life. Public procurement is a universal procedure for purchasing the products required for the subjects of public administration.
Agnė Tvaronavičienė
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Sustainable food procurement by the University of California’s health systems
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2022 Across the country, hospitals are buying more sustainable food and passing internal policies in support of sustainable food procurement. This reflective essay describes the results of the sustainable procurement goals and policy of the University of ...
Sapna Thottathil
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It is not easy being green: increasing sustainable public procurement behaviour [PDF]
, 2015 To achieve greater sustainability, governments need to continuously adapt their purchasing activities to innovations in the market. Sustainable procurement is a decision-making process in which the decisions of procurers determine if the full potential ...
Grandia, J. (Jolien) +2 more
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Sustainability, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought global economies to a standstill and created challenges for a variety of sectors, including housing, building and infrastructure.
S. Caldera, S. Mohamed, Yingbin Feng
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Analiza możliwości wdrożenia zasad zrównoważonych zamówień publicznych w Polsce
Nowoczesne Systemy Zarządzania, 2017 Public procurement has a great impact on the economy of the whole country, as well as on the development of the local market, labor market and natural environment.
Agnieszka ŚCISŁO
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A seed towards a sustainable food system in healthcare institutions: the case of the Basque Country
Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2023 Public procurement of food is seen as a critical tool for a paradigm shift and for facilitating the development of specific policy objectives to build sustainable food environments.
Goiuri Alberdi +3 more
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Effect of Sustainable Supplier Selection on Procurement Performance of Chartered Public Universities in Kenya [PDF]
International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, 2023 Public universities have recognized the power they hold as influential entities within communities, and with this power comes the responsibility to select suppliers who share on their vision. By prioritizing sustainability in their procurement strategies,
Andolo Ojijo
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Balancing competing policy demands: the case of sustainable public sector food procurement. [PDF]
, 2015 A focus on market-based green growth strategies to pursue sustainability goals neglects the pursuit of understanding how human health is interwoven with the health of eco-systems to deliver sustainability goals.
Andersson, G. +6 more
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Barriers to Adoption of Sustainable Procurement in the Nigerian Public Construction Sector
Sustainability, 2022 Construction industry tenders are usually awarded to the lowest bidder, with emphasis being placed on the past, on price, quality, and timeliness, with little to no attention paid to the commitment of contractors to sustainability.
L. Oyewobi, R. Jimoh
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Yearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences, 2014 During last decades, the function of public procurement has been increasingly affected by the ecological and ethical principle of ‘sustainability’. Yet, relatively little we know about how public officers think about sustainability in public procurement.
Alberto Asquer, Igor Marcialis
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