The paper examines the scope for social and environmental objectives to be included in public procurement procedures. The concept of sustainable public procurement (SPP) is analysed, and the extent of its implementation by European public authorities. The paper then turns to the legal...

The seven essays in this volume address different issues related to green and innovation procurement as well as more general challenges in public procurement. These studies address both general, abstract problems of optimal public procurement and concrete cases of national or even local public...