Unveiling barriers to sustainable public procurement in emerging economiesEvidence from a leading sustainable supply chain initiative in Latin America

Resumo

In light of the Theory of Ecological Modernisation, this is the first work to explore the organisational barriers affecting one of the most significant sustainable public procurement initiatives in Latin America: the Brazilian Environmental Agenda for Public Operations Management (the ‘A3P Programme’). This article explores the barriers to sustainable procurement in a Brazilian context, inspired by the work of Brammer and Walker (2011). Based on the results of a survey of programme managers, our first recommendation is to group the barriers to sustainable procurement into five categories: organisational culture, motivation, economic uncertainty, market, and operations. Amongst these, it was found that organisational culture stands out as a particular barrier to sustainable public procurement. This work also highlights Ecological Modernisation Theory as a useful tool for understanding why variables related to cost and budget are not barriers to implementing sustainable public procurement initiatives. Consequently, the main implication of this study is that government should consider cultural change management when developing sustainability management initiatives. © 2018

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2018

Instituição

Elsevier B.V.

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso restrito

DOI

10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.02.033

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/25555

Temas

Compras Públicas

Palavras-chave

Latin AmericaSustainable operationsSustainable public procurementSustainable purchasingSustainable supply chainBudget controlEcologySupply chainsEcological modernisationEnvironmental agendasOrganisational culturePublic procurementSustainability managementsSustainable developmentCultural changeEcological modernizationMarket conditionsSupply chain managementSustainabilityUncertainty analysisBrazilianCorrelation analysisCultural anthropologyEconomic evaluationEnvironmental sustainabilityFactor analysisGovernmentMarketOrganizational cultureSouth and Central AmericaSustainable procurementBrazilEmpresas públicas - América Latina - Compras