Ameliorating public procurement performance: Green public procurement policies within a legislative framework

This paper highlights green public procurement, the difference between it and sustainable public procurement, and the benefits that green public procurement can achieve for the environment and its preservation. The paper also seeks to know how public procurement performance can be improved by designing and implementing green public procurement policies to stimulate environmental sustainability in the public sector and to provide a model for applying green public procurement to government agencies. The descriptive and analytical approaches were used to highlight the importance of public procurement as one of the powerful drivers and tools for governments through which public policies can be directed towards sustainable green policies. The importance of the paper lies in its presentation of the challenges facing the design and implementation of green public procurement policies, which are represented in the problems and challenges facing suppliers, governments, and financing. The paper concluded that there are many risks associated with policy and change among government leaders, ministers, senior executives, and officials in public procurement departments. This paper is a concept paper that provides an analysis of multiple aspects of green public procurement by addressing the main benefits, challenges, and risks for both parties in the procurement process, whether the government or the suppliers.