SPRI celebrates three student research assistants who will graduate in May
Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative
SPRI celebrates three student research assistants who will graduate in May
Arizona State University's Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative (SPRI) celebrates three student research assistants who successfully defended their dissertations and scientific papers in April and will graduate in May.
Arizona State University's Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiatve welcomes two new undergraduate interns
Arizona State University’s Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative (SPRI) welcomes two new undergraduate interns. Anna Elovitz is a junior undergraduate student at the School of Sustainability and the W.P. Carey School
Arizona State University's Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative welcomes two new undergraduate interns
Arizona State University's Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative (SPRI) welcomes two new undergraduate interns. Anna Elovitz is a junior undergraduate student at the School of Sustainability and the W.P. Carey School
Using e-procurement systems to accommodate multiple sustainability objectives
Originally published in the LSE Business Review By Yifan Chen, Nicole Darnall, Justin M. Stritch, and Stuart Bretschneider A product’s price and quality are no longer the primary purchasing criteria for
ASU’s Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative partners with United Nations Environment Programme on 2022 Global Report of Sustainable Public Procurement
In this third edition of the UN report, ASU's SPRI will introduce a new section featuring sustainable public procurement within local governments, building on the initiative's surveys of more than 2,500 local governments within the United States, Mexico, Italy, Australia, and Japan.
Government purchasing: sustainability’s best kept secret?
Archimedes once observed that with a long enough lever he could move the world. In the case of moving the world to a more sustainable place, government purchasing could be
Estimating the true size of public procurement to improve sustainability
Originally published in The London School of Economics and Political Science. Governments have the power to leverage their sizeable purchasing power to encourage widescale production of sustainable products and services,
Do multiple sustainability objectives affect the speed of local procurement processes?
Published orginally in ICMA. Researchers at Arizona State University share results on public procurement efficiency. By By Yifan Chen, Nicole Darnall, Justin Stritch, and Stuart Bretschneider of Arizona State University
Protecting the environment one government purchase at a time
A new report reveals what factors influence whether Australian governments are successful at adopting green purchasing policies, Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, and Angela Fox write. In 2015, Australia’s
Five actions to advance green purchasing in Italian municipalities
By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Italian local government purchases account for 10-11% of the gross domestic product. Examples of purchases include vehicle fleets, construction materials, chemicals,
Why are Italian municipalities adopting green purchasing policies?
By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Italian government purchases account for 10 - 11% of the country's gross domestic product. Examples of these purchases include chemicals, construction
Increasing green purchasing success in Italian municipalities
By: Elizabeth Bruns, Nicole Darnall, Kylie Flynn, Angela Fox Italy was the first country in the European Union to mandate green purchasing protocols across all levels of government. The National