The environmental and organizational impacts of green procurement: evidence from a large European University

Green Public Procurement (GPP) policies require public organisations to implement green criteria in supplier selection to steer supply chains towards greener trajectories. Research has so far focused on the level of GPP uptake and barriers hindering it. There is however a dearth of studies analysing GPP impacts on stakeholders other than procurers and going beyond the mere procurer-supplier dyadic relationship. Accordingly, we adopt a triadic perspective to investigate GPP organizational impacts on the triad procurers, suppliers, and internal clients within public organizations. Through multiple case-studies of GPP implementation in tenders issued by a European university, several novel dynamics are revealed.