Mandatory Sustainability Requirements in EU Public Procurement Law. Reflections on a Paradigm Shift
EPLG members Willem Janssen and Roberto Caranta co-edited the anthology “Mandatory Sustainability Requirements in EU Public Procurement Law. Reflections on a Paradigm Shift”. The book, published on 5 October 2023 by Bloomsbury Publishing, provides the first comprehensive appraisal of the paradigm shift towards mandatory sustainability requirements in EU public procurement law. The book includes novel sectoral studies on transport, food, clothing, and construction, discussing how change is taking place and what its major challenges are for the future. Chapters on Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and more, offer case studies of Member States that have already introduced mandatory requirements and highlight lessons learnt.
Shaping Sustainable Public Procurement Laws in the European Union
A new study by EPLG members Marta Andhov, Roberto Caranta, Willem A. Janssen and Olga Martin-Ortega on SHAPING SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAWS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION – An analysis of the legislative development from ‘how to buy’ to ‘what to buy’ in current and future EU legislative initiatives was published in November 2022. The study was conducted in light of the Greens/EFA Group’s long-standing demand to make sustainability criteria mandatory in public procurement by formulating concrete proposals for how the EU public procurement framework could be adapted or complemented in order to drive such sustainability considerations in public purchasing throughout the entire EU. Access Shaping SPP Laws in the…
