A systems approach for green public procurement implementation. Issue 3 (1st May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Conghu; Qiao, Yuhua; Li, Xiaoming
• Is Part Of: Journal of public procurement. Volume 20:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 287
• Page End: 311
• Publication Date: 2020-05-01
• Subjects: China -- Policy implementation -- Green public procurement; Government purchasing -- Periodicals; Government purchasing; Periodicals; 352.53
• DOI: 10.1108/JOPP-03-2019-0017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1535-0118

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: This paper aims to identify important factors in green public procurement (GPP) implementation and then to clarify how these factors affect GPP implementation. Design/methodology/approach: The authors applied the Delphi method first and then conducted a focused and constrained multiple case study at 18 government procurement centers across China. Findings: The authors identified four clusters of factors for successful GPP implementation: more clear, consistent and operational policy goals; a nation-wide green procurement campaign to enhance social capital and cultural resources; promoting staff's ethics, professionalism, capacity and knowledge; and establishing checks and balances among organizations involved in the whole purchasing process. Social implications: GPP can significantly improve environmental protection and sustainable development. Originality/value: Based on key insights from systems theory and agency theory, the authors emphasize that GPP implementation must take down its own functional silos and adopt a process approach across organizational tiers to synchronize human resource based and inter-organizational capabilities into a unified whole through information sharing, communications and collaboration.