Green public procurement is considered an environmental policy tool with great potential. Having been charged with the responsibility of transforming greenness into a shared social norm, Green public procurement has the potential to play an exemplary and guiding role for the individual consumer....

Public procurement is officially regarded as an effective means to secure environmental improvement. Estimates by the European Commission indicate that public authorities within the European Union typically purchase goods and services corresponding to approximately 16 percent of GNP per annum....

On 20 December 2011, the European Commission tabled the so-called public procurement modernisation package, adopted by the Council on 11 February 2014 . The modernisation package consists of a revision of the classical and sector directives, as well as a new concessions directive, which all have...

The purpose of this study is to identify whether an innovative company’s likelihood of facing financial constraints is different when the company possesses a public procurement contract (PP). Theory suggests that the treatment effects of public procurement, particularly when mediated by the...

We study green public procurement in relation to co-funding from the EU Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF). ESIF co-funding makes up for over a third of annual government capital expenditures in most EU12 countries, primarily targets regions with wealth below EU average and increasingly sets...

To counteract the negative effects of environmental degradation and climate change, in the European Union, a set of measures and policies has been developed under the name of the Green Deal, which aims to develop a competitive and resource-efficient economy. For these measures to be sustainable,...