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Green Public Procurement: Instrument of Sustainable Development

Green Public Procurement: Instrument of Sustainable Development
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Author(s): Carmen Lenuta Trica (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)and Luminita Ghita (Ministry of Environment, Romania)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 25
Source title: Agrifood Economics and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gabriel Popescu (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5739-5.ch007

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Abstract

At present, legal provisions and environmental policy regulate the possibilities of using environmental considerations in the development of award criteria, as well as in the performance clauses of procurement contracts. The first part of the chapter analyzes the concept of green procurement and product categories for which green procurement can be used. The second part of the chapter presents the benefits of using green procurement. The third part of the chapter will include assessing the progress and impact of using green procurement. The fourth part of the chapter analyzes the legal framework for public procurement in Romania, as well as the capacity of the market to offer and develop products and services that include minimum environmental requirements and criteria. In the fifth part of the chapter, the authors analyze the possibility of implementing a mechanism for the operation and implementation of the legal provisions in Romania in order to improve the quality of the services and optimize the costs of the public procurement.

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