Environmental consideration in procurement of construction contracts: current practice,problems and opportunities in green procurement in the Swedish construction industry |
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| Authors: | Annika Varnäs Berit Balfors Charlotta Faith-Ell |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, 371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden;2. The Natural Step International, Sveavägen 98, 5tr, 113 50 Stockholm, Sweden;1. Division of Highway and Railway Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden;2. Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), Sweden;1. Institute of Eco-Planning and Development, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China;2. Circular Economy and Industrial Ecology Research Group, Key Lab on Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenyang, Liaoning Province 110016, PR China;3. Graduate School of Management, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA;1. Department of Business, Government, Philosophy Studies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Columbia 2, 00133 Rome, Italy;2. University of Exeter Business School, EX4 4PU, UK;3. Tianjin University -College of Management and Economics No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, PR China;1. Institute of Management – Scuola Superiore Sant''Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127 Pisa, Italy;2. IEFE – Institute for Environmental and Energy Policy and Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Research and initiatives concerning green procurement have to a great extent focused on products. This article, however, explores the current practice, problems and opportunities of green procurement of construction contracts. In particular, the application of environmental criteria for contract awarding is targeted. The findings of the study indicate that both public and private clients in the Swedish construction industry take environmental issues into consideration in their procurements. The environmental preferences are often formulated as environmental requirements. However, environmental criteria in tender evaluation are less common and seldom affect the award decisions. The environmental evaluation criteria that do occur often relate to the contractors' capabilities of managing the environmental work in the project. |
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