Remaining barriers to successful sustainable and innovative procurement (SPP/PPI) need to be taken down. The SPP Regions project has built SPP networks in seven key European regions to demonstrate how they can best address the lack of knowledge, skills and market power in the public sector.
The potential of public procurement for addressing issues such as climate change and social inclusion is widely acknowledged. Yet, the implementation of sustainable and innovative procurement remains very uneven across the EU. Public procurers are not always aware of the sustainability impact of their purchasing decisions. They often don’t know about potential alternative solutions available on the market, are not always sure of how to integrate sustainability concerns into procurement, don’t have time to invest in research and adaptations of procurement approaches, and suffer from a lack of market power caused by the fragmentation of the public sector.
Further details: Regional networks for thriving sustainable and innovative procurement