Public Procurement for Sustainability

Ville Valovirta; Matti Pihlajamaa

doi:10.4337/9781035306459.00076

Public Procurement for Sustainability

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Abstract

Public procurement emerges as an instrument to promote sustainability and innovation, facilitating the implementation of policy goals. Adaptive procurement leverages sustainable innovation available in the market. Developmental procurement creates demand for solutions that do not exist yet but need to be developed first. Real-world applications from sectors such as construction, transportation, and waste management illustrate the transformative role of procurement. However, challenges persist, including the inconsistent implementation of sustainability and innovation-oriented procurement practices across organizations and sectors and the presence of multiple potentially conflicting objectives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management
Editors	Päivi Eriksson, Tero Montonen, Pikka-Maaria Laine, Anna Heikkinen
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Chapter	66
Pages	257–260
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781035306459
ISBN (Print)	9781035306442
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035306459.00076
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2025
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

Funding

This work was supported by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland under Grants 327770 and 352476.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Public procurement of innovation
Sustainability
Environmental criteria
Performance-based contracts
Public services

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