The need to promote green procurement in the context of developing sustainable partnerships

Abstract

The purpose of the study proposed in this article is to highlight the need, but also the impact of green procurement by promoting them. Sustainable procurement is a process by which organizations meet their needs for services, works and utilities in a in a way that demonstrates the value of money for the whole life in terms of benefits generated not only for the organization but also for society and economy, in paralel with minimizing the effects on the environment. The environmental aspect of sustainability is essential in the field of public procurement. However, environmental protection, through public procurement, is a little studied phenomenon in Moldova. Thus, it is necessary to study and analyze deeply the national and community framework regarding the possibility for public institutions to consider environmental issues in public procurement and to deliver results related to sustainable development, from the perspective of environmental protection. Also relevant is the fact that, despite the legal possibility existing in the national law on public procurement, in order to integrate the environmental protection requirements, in the specification, a number of issues limit the effective application of green procurement. A specific regulation is required to impose a "greening" of public procurement. Major obstacles to the effective application of green public procurement include the elaboration of relevant legislation in too broad terms, giving contracting authorities a wide discretion to act or not to act. JEL: K32, K39, H23, Q01.