Green Public Procurement: Global Insights, National Strategies, and Future Directions for Sustainable Governance

This book offers a comprehensive examination of Green Public Procurement (GPP) as a strategic tool for environmental stability. With public procurement representing a substantial share of global GDP and contributing significantly to environmental degradation, the shift toward greener purchasing practices is both urgent and complex. This book explores how countries across the Global South and the Global North are implementing green procurement policies to reduce carbon emissions, promote sustainability, and reshape markets. Featuring cases from over 20 countries including China, India, Nigeria, Spain, France, and Canada, the book reveals the diverse strategies, challenges, and innovations shaping GPP adoption worldwide. From legislative reforms and institutional capacity-building to AI integration and circular procurement, the enclosed contributions offer rich insights into what works, what doesn’t, and why context matters.

With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, and a forward-looking Delphi study on emerging trends, this volume is useful for researchers, students, scholars, practitioners, and policy makers interested in sustainable governance, public policy, procurement reform, environmental policy, and public administration.

Michal Plaček is a Professor of Public and Social Policy and a Global Research Fellow at the Sustainable Purchasing Initiative at Kogod Business School, American University (Washington, D.C., USA). He also works at the National Agricultural Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. His research focuses on public procurement and public management. He has co-authored two books, Museum Management (Springer 2022) and Fiscal Decentralization Reforms (Springer 2020); and authored over 20 articles in indexed international journals.

Jordi Rosell I Segura is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Girona (Spain). His research is within the intersection of environmental science and economics with public administration. He has published articles in major international journals such as Public Management Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Energy Economics, and Journal of Common Market Studies.