Sabine Engelhard, a Partnership for Transparency (PTF) Advisor who is a member of the PTF team working with IDIS Viitorul on the Increasing the Integrity of Public Procurement in Moldova project, has written the following article.
Sustainable Procurement: a Smart Way to Procure Looking at the “Big Picture”
By Sabine Engelhard
February 2024
What is sustainable procurement?
“A process whereby organizations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole-life basis in terms of generating benefits not only to the organization, but also to society and the economy whilst minimizing damage to the environment.”
Sustainable procurement is based on the same essential principles as any public procurement: economy, integrity, efficiency, fairness, and transparency, striving to achieve value for money. What is different, however, is the approach. It is more encompassing and long-term oriented, considering economic, environmental, and social factors at all stages of the procurement cycle, both in the determination of what to procure and how to achieve value for money.
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