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Developing a harmonic sustainable public procurement framework
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Industrial Management, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management. University of Gävle, Center for Logistics and Innovative Production. (Sustainable Organisations)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1441-7555
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Industrial Management, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8014-9304
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Industrial Management, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management. University of Gävle, Center for Logistics and Innovative Production.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6260-6727
2024 (English)In: Environment, Development and Sustainability, ISSN 1387-585X, E-ISSN 1573-2975, Vol. 26, no 1, p. 2291-2306Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sustainability is aimed at addressing the environmental and socio-economic issues of this generation and future ones. In this context, sustainable public procurement (SPP) has been proposed to link the consumption side (government) to the production side (companies), whilst addressing the four dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental, social, and time). This paper undertakes an analysis, through hermeneutics, of four sets of system elements of SPP: (1) demand-offering, which includes products, services, and their combination; (2) procurement specifications (technical, non-technical, and socio-cultural); (3) stakeholder interactions; and, (4) research disciplinary approaches. The analysis shows that despite most SPP efforts focussing on demand-offerings or specifications, there have been some framework proposals aimed at explaining the complexities and interactions between the system elements. Additionally, most research on SPP has been carried out through single disciplinary approaches. The paper proposes the Harmonic SPP framework, which integrates the demand-offering, specifications, stakeholder interactions, disciplinary approaches, and the four sustainability dimensions, where the harmonisation of their interrelations is sine qua non. The Harmonic SPP framework is aimed at providing a more holistic perspective to SPP and thus fostering more effective and efficient SPP research and implementation.

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Springer , 2024. Vol. 26, no 1, p. 2291-2306
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Sustainable public procurement, Disciplinary approaches, Specifications, Stakeholder interactions, Sustainability, Demand-offering, Product service systems
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Environmental Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-40636DOI: 10.1007/s10668-022-02818-1ISI: 000899459200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85144074586OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-40636DiVA, id: diva2:1722100
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University of GävleEU, Horizon 2020, 956696Available from: 2022-12-27 Created: 2022-12-27 Last updated: 2024-01-29Bibliographically approved

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