Green and Sustainable Public Procurement—An Instrument for Nudging Consumer Behavior. A Case Study on Romanian Green Public Agriculture across Different Sectors of Activity

Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniș, Oliva Maria Dourado Martins, Dragan Ilic, Mădălina Belous, Radu Bucea-Manea-Țoniș, Cezar Braicu and Violeta-Elena Simion
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Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniș: Department of Economic Sciences, Spiru Haret University, 030167 Bucharest, Romania
Oliva Maria Dourado Martins: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
Dragan Ilic: Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management, University Business Academy, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Mădălina Belous: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Spiru Haret University, 030045 Bucharest, Romania
Radu Bucea-Manea-Țoniș: Faculty of Economic Sciences, Hyperion University, 030615 Bucharest, Romania
Cezar Braicu: Faculty of Economic Sciences, Hyperion University, 030615 Bucharest, Romania
Violeta-Elena Simion: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Spiru Haret University, 030045 Bucharest, Romania
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Tonis

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-25

Abstract: Green Public Procurement (GPP) became an efficient instrument to achieve the objectives of environmental policy expressed by the European Commission in its Communications. At the same time, it must be addressed by the public authorities as a complex process, in which all purchased goods and services must integrate perfectly into an entire puzzle-like system of legislation, the construction field, innovation, healthcare, food, and education. Scientific references published in the Web of Science (WoS) mainly between 2017 and 2020 were investigated, and they analyze the implications of green public procurement in various fields, as presented by scientific communities. This article brings as a novelty in this context the identification of some barriers in the adoption of these processes, so that they can be overcome. Based on good practices and international standards and trends, the article shows how aspects related to the implementation of green procurement in society can be taken into account. In the second stage, we added a case study on Romanian green agriculture and discussions regarding inter-correlation between different fields and GPP.

Keywords: sustainable public procurement (SPP); green public procurement (GPP); consumer behavior; sustainability; GPP barriers; green Romanian agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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