TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose This paper aims to identify important factors in green public procurement (GPP) implementation and then to clarify how these factors affect GPP implementation.Design/methodology/approach The authors applied the Delphi method first and then conducted a focused and constrained multiple case study at 18 government procurement centers across China.Findings The authors identified four clusters of factors for successful GPP implementation: more clear, consistent and operational policy goals; a nation-wide green procurement campaign to enhance social capital and cultural resources; promoting staff’s ethics, professionalism, capacity and knowledge; and establishing checks and balances among organizations involved in the whole purchasing process.Social implications GPP can significantly improve environmental protection and sustainable development.Originality/value Based on key insights from systems theory and agency theory, the authors emphasize that GPP implementation must take down its own functional silos and adopt a process approach across organizational tiers to synchronize human resource based and inter-organizational capabilities into a unified whole through information sharing, communications and collaboration.
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
SN  - 2150-6930
DO  - 10.1108/JOPP-03-2019-0017
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-03-2019-0017
AU  - Wang Conghu
AU  - Qiao Yuhua
AU  - Li Xiaoming
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - A systems approach for green public procurement implementation
T2  - Journal of Public Procurement
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 287
EP  - 311
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -