Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement

Analysing the environmental actorness of the EU, more than one voice has spoken of the myth of a Green Europe and a dismantling process of its environmental ambitions. To date, any attempt to quantify this in a homogeneous fashion by different levels of government and institutions has run into serio...

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Autores: Badell, Diego, Rosell Segura, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
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Palabra clave:EU environmental policy
EU institutions
Green Europe
Green public procurement
Policy-making
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spelling Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurementBadell, DiegoRosell Segura, JordiEU environmental policyEU institutionsGreen EuropeGreen public procurementPolicy-makingAnalysing the environmental actorness of the EU, more than one voice has spoken of the myth of a Green Europe and a dismantling process of its environmental ambitions. To date, any attempt to quantify this in a homogeneous fashion by different levels of government and institutions has run into serious difficulties. This research, however, uses green public procurement (GPP) as the research instrument to quantify the commitment to environmental policies. We construct the database from tenders published in the Supplement to the Official Journal between 2009 and 2019. Based on more than 743,061 observations, the article finds that the EU's institutions have the lowest GPP adoption rates in relation to all other levels of government. Moreover, it also records marked differences between the EU institutions where the European Parliament is performing better than the European Commission and, during Juncker Commission, EC performs worse.Diego Badell wishes to acknowledge the Observatory of European Foreign Policy‐Secretaria General de Recerca (SGR), funded by the Agency for Management of University Research Grants (AGAUR) of the Catalan Government (Grant agreement: 2017‐SGR‐693). Jordi Rosell thanks Catalan (Grant agreement: 2017‐SGR‐644) and Spanish (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, PID2019‐104319RB‐I00) governments for their projects and Serra Hunter program for the assistant professor position. Also, we acknowledge IBEI members for their comments and this journal anonymous referees.WileyEconomíaEkonomia2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2454/41675reponame:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarrainstname:Universidad Pública de NavarraInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-104319RB-I00© 2021 The Authors. Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/416752026-06-17T12:41:47Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement
title Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement
spellingShingle Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement
Badell, Diego
EU environmental policy
EU institutions
Green Europe
Green public procurement
Policy-making
title_short Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement
title_full Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement
title_fullStr Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement
title_full_unstemmed Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement
title_sort Are EU institutions still green actors? An empirical study of green public procurement
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Badell, Diego
Rosell Segura, Jordi
author Badell, Diego
author_facet Badell, Diego
Rosell Segura, Jordi
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Economía
Ekonomia
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv EU environmental policy
EU institutions
Green Europe
Green public procurement
Policy-making
topic EU environmental policy
EU institutions
Green Europe
Green public procurement
Policy-making
description Analysing the environmental actorness of the EU, more than one voice has spoken of the myth of a Green Europe and a dismantling process of its environmental ambitions. To date, any attempt to quantify this in a homogeneous fashion by different levels of government and institutions has run into serious difficulties. This research, however, uses green public procurement (GPP) as the research instrument to quantify the commitment to environmental policies. We construct the database from tenders published in the Supplement to the Official Journal between 2009 and 2019. Based on more than 743,061 observations, the article finds that the EU's institutions have the lowest GPP adoption rates in relation to all other levels of government. Moreover, it also records marked differences between the EU institutions where the European Parliament is performing better than the European Commission and, during Juncker Commission, EC performs worse.
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