The application of environmental requirements in Swedish road maintenance contracts

Linking environmental impact assessment, environmental management systems and green procurement in construction projects: lessons from the City Tunnel Project in Malmö, Sweden

“…This supports previous studies where the importance of follow-up has been identified (e.g. Faith-Ell et al, 2006). Both in the client's and in the contractors' organisations, the strong emphasis on follow-up was viewed as necessary for the environmental requirements to be realised in the project.…”

“…In this way, green initiatives in the private sector can be promoted. In the construction sector, environmental preferences have been observed in public procurement in both the building and civil engineering sectors (Sterner, 2000;Faith-Ell et al, 2006). The green preferences are often stated as mandatory environmental requirements.…”

“…One reason for this is that the environmental criteria do not always address the most significant environmental aspects (Cole and Sterner, 2000). Another reason that has been pointed out is the fact that the environmental criteria are rarely followed up (Faith-Ell et al, 2006).…”

Environmental consideration in procurement of construction contracts: current practice, problems and opportunities in green procurement in the Swedish construction industry

“…In the Swedish construction industry, both public and private organisations apply environmental procurement preferences [8,9]. However, their effectiveness may be hard to assess as environmental indicators and baseline data are often lacking [32].…”

Green Supply Chain Management: Procurement Context

“…The researcher applies this theory in this study in creating collaborative partnership among suppliers in order to reduce both direct and indirect environmental impacts by adopting green chain supply. Green procurement involves 3R: reduce, reuse, and recycle by focusing on reducing the loss from upstream [23]. In addition, we need to ensure that once the products are no longer in used or become expired, they will not cause any harms to the environment.…”