Description of selected papers
| Author code | Author(s) | Country | Sector | Journal name | Title of article | Type of paper | Methodology | Theories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Aboelazm et al. (2025) | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Multiple sectors/no specific sector mentioned | Corporate Law and Governance Review | Ameliorating public procurement performance: Green public procurement policies within a legislative framework | Concept paper | Qualitative – Thematic | No |
| A2 | Agyekum et al. (2023) | Ghana | Tertiary | Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management | Barriers to stakeholder engagement in sustainable procurement of public works | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A3 | Alqadami et al. (2020a) | Malaysia | Construction | IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering | Challenges of implementing green procurement in public construction projects in Malaysia | Conference paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A4 | Anane and Kwarteng (2019) | Ghana | Technical universities | Asian Journal of Economics Business and Accounting | Prospects and challenges of procurement performance measurement in selected technical universities in Ghana | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | Institutional theory |
| A5 | Appiagyei et al. (2018) | Ghana | Public universities | 7th African International Conference on Infrastructure Development | Barriers to the implementation of environmentally sustainable procurement in public universities | Conference paper | Qualitative – Thematic | Triple bottom line |
| A6 | Butler and Keaveney (2014) | Ireland | Construction | International Virtual Conference | Analysis of barriers to and drivers of green procurement in achieving a more sustainable construction industry | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A7 | Chari and Chiriseri (2014) | Zimbabwe | Both public and private (all sectors) | Greener Journal of Business and Management Studies | Barriers to sustainable procurement in Zimbabwe: a comparative study of public sector sustainable | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire interviews, and document inspection | No |
| A8 | Da Costa and Da Motta (2019) | Brazil | Across public sector institutions (academics and practitioners) | International Journal Sustainable Development | Key factors hindering sustainable procurement in the Brazilian public sector: a Delphi study | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Delphi | No |
| A9 | Dou et al. (2011) | China | Municipal-level government | Springer (book chapter) | Government green procurement: a fuzzy-DEMATEL analysis of barriers | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Experts für DEMATEL | Fuzzy set theory |
| 10 | Faracik (2018) | Poland | European and national level in Poland | European Procurement and Public Private Partnership Law Review | Non-legal barriers to sustainable public procurement in Poland | Literature review | Qualitative – analysis of secondary data | No |
| A11 | Islam and Siwar (2013) | Australia and Malaysia | Public (all sectors) | International Review of Business Research Papers | A comparative study of public sector sustainable procurement practices, opportunities and barriers | Empirical paper | Quantitative – online survey(questionnaire) | No |
| A12 | Jin et al. (2024) | China | Higher educational institutions (HEIs) | Journal of Public Procurement | Challenges of sustainable public procurement in Chinese higher education institutions: a Delphi study | Empirical paper | Mixed – Delphi and questionnaire | No |
| A13 | Leal Filho et al. (2019) | World | HEIs | Journal of Cleaner Production | Sustainability and procurement practices in higher education institutions: Barriers and drivers | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A14 | Malatinec (2021) | Slovakia | All public sector institutions | Juridical Tribune | Local barriers in the efficient use of green public procurement - case of Slovakia | Review | No | |
| A15 | McMurray et al. (2014) | Malaysia | Both public and private (all sectors) | Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management | Sustainable procurement in Malaysian organizations: practices, barriers and opportunities | Empirical paper | Mixed – focus group and questionnaire | No |
| A16 | Nemec et al. (2023) | Post-socialist countries | Across sectors (public) | International Journal of Public Administration | The barriers to green public procurement: analysis of Four “Post-Socialist” countries | Empirical paper | Qualitative – focus group | Principal agent theory |
| A17 | Ogunsanya et al. (2022) | Nigeria | Construction | International Journal of Construction Management | Barriers to sustainable procurement in the Nigerian construction industry: an exploratory factor analysis | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A18 | Osei-Kyei et al. (2024) | Systematic paper | Construction | Sustainable Futures | Critical review of the drivers and barriers for adopting net zero carbon procurement for construction projects | SLR | Qualitative – Thematic | Project success theory |
| A19 | Oyewobi and Jimoh (2022) | Nigeria | Construction | Sustainability | Barriers to adoption of sustainable procurement in the Nigerian public construction sector | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | Institutional and TBL theory |
| A20 | Patil et al. (2021) | India | Humanitarian supply chain | International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management | Modelling performance measurement barriers of humanitarian supply chain | Empirical paper | Mixed – Interviews and questionnaire | Grey theory |
| A21 | Pourvaziri et al. (2024) | Iran | Construction – both public and private | International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology | Barriers to green procurement of the Iranian construction industry: an interpretive structural modelling approach | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A22 | Qiao and Wang (2011) | China | Public (all sectors) | Journal of Environmental Protection | Issues and challenges in implementing China’s green public procurement program | Review | Qualitative – Thematic | No |
| A23 | Rais et al. (2018) | Malaysia | Construction (cross-check if public or private) | IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering | The possible challenges of green procurement implementation | Conference paper | Qualitative – focus group | No |
| A24 | Shaikh and Channa (2022) | Pakistan | HEIs | Journal of Public Procurement | Drivers and deterrents of sustainable procurement practices – an exploratory study in context of Pakistani HEIs | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Thematic | No |
| A25 | Simion et al. (2019) | Romania (European Union) | State inspectorate for constructions, both at the Central and Bucharest-Ilfov region level | Sustainability | Green procurement in Romanian construction projects. A cluster analysis of the barriers and enablers to green procurement in construction projects from the Bucharest-Ilfov region of Romania | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A26 | Sourani and Sohail (2011) | UK | Construction | Engineering Sustainability | Barriers to addressing sustainable construction in public procurement strategies | Conference paper - empirical | Delphi exercise, interviews, questionnaire survey and case studies | No |
| A27 | Stokke et al. (2023) | Four European cities | Construction | Environment Systems and Decisions | Procurement for zero emission construction sites: a comparative study of Four European cities | Empirical paper | Qualitative – interviews, observations, and document studies | Innovation ecosystem theory |
| A28 | Vejaratnam et al. (2020) | Systematic paper | Systematic paper | Journal of Public Procurement | A systematic review of barriers impeding the implementation of government green procurement | SLR | Qualitative – Thematic | No |
| A29 | Vejaratnam et al. (2022) | Malaysia | Federal ministries | Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal | Strategic responses to environmental performance monitoring barriers: a case study of Malaysian government green procurement | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Interviews, thematic | Institutional theory |
| A30 | Lindgreen et al. (2009) | UK | Public sector | Supply Chain Management: an International Journal | Sustainable procurement in the United Kingdom public sector | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A31 | Yap et al. (2024) | Malaysia | Construction (80% of respondents were on privately funded projects | Journal of Civil Engineering and Management | Green procurement in the construction industry: Unfolding new underlying barriers for a developing country context | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A32 | Zaidi et al. (2019) | Pakistan | Public sector universities | Socio-Economic Planning Sciences | Addressing the sustainable development through sustainable procurement: What factors resist the implementation of sustainable procurement in Pakistan? | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No |
| A33 | Mannaan (2025) | Bangladesh | Public sector | BRAC University | What are the key challenges of implementing sustainable public procurement (SPP) in developing nations: a case study of Bangladesh? | Empirical paper | Survey questionnaire | Triple bottom line |
| A34 | Arendse (2010) | South Africa | Public sector | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Document | Advancing green public procurement in South Africa challenges, opportunities, and strategic pathways | Policy document | Qualitative | No |
| A35 | Budi et al. (2023) | Malaysia | Hospital – health sector | AIP Conf. Proc. | Challenges in the implementation of green public procurement in public hospitals | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Delphi method | Multi-criteria decision-making theory (AHP) |
| A36 | Polonsky et al. (2022) | Worldwide | Public sector | Journal of Cleaner Production | Identifying the drivers and barriers of the public sector procurement of products with recycled material or recovered content: a systematic review and research propositions | SLR | Qualitative – thematic | No |
| A37 | Zaidi et al. (2021) | Pakistan | Health sector | Socio-Economic Planning Sciences | Sustainability challenges in public health sector procurement: an application of interpretative structural modelling | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | |
| A38 | Wendt-Rasch et al. (2021) | Sweden | Municipal | Journal of Cleaner Production | Chemical requirements in Swedish municipal green public procurement: challenges and opportunities | Empirical paper | Qualitative – semi structured interviews and observations | |
| A39 | Ahsan and Rahman (2017) | Australia | Healthcare sector | Journal of Cleaner Production | Green public procurement implementation challenges in Australian public healthcare sector | Empirical paper | AHP-based structured interviews | MCDM – AHP |
| A40 | Tian (2010) | China | Public sector | 2010 International Conference on Management and Service Science, MASS 2010 | Green public procurement in China: current practices, barriers and opportunities | Review paper | Qualitative – desk research | No |
| Author code | Author(s) | Country | Sector | Journal name | Title of article | Type of paper | Methodology | Theories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Aboelazm | United Arab Emirates ( | Multiple sectors/no specific sector mentioned | Ameliorating public procurement performance: Green public procurement policies within a legislative framework | Concept paper | Qualitative – Thematic | No | |
| A2 | Agyekum | Ghana | Tertiary | Barriers to stakeholder engagement in sustainable procurement of public works | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | |
| A3 | Alqadami | Malaysia | Construction | Challenges of implementing green procurement in public construction projects in Malaysia | Conference paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | |
| A4 | Ghana | Technical universities | Prospects and challenges of procurement performance measurement in selected technical universities in Ghana | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | Institutional theory | ||
| A5 | Appiagyei | Ghana | Public universities | Barriers to the implementation of environmentally sustainable procurement in public universities | Conference paper | Qualitative – Thematic | Triple bottom line | |
| A6 | Ireland | Construction | Analysis of barriers to and drivers of green procurement in achieving a more sustainable construction industry | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | ||
| A7 | Zimbabwe | Both public and private (all sectors) | Barriers to sustainable procurement in Zimbabwe: a comparative study of public sector sustainable | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire interviews, and document inspection | No | ||
| A8 | Brazil | Across public sector institutions (academics and practitioners) | Key factors hindering sustainable procurement in the Brazilian public sector: a Delphi study | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Delphi | No | ||
| A9 | Dou | China | Municipal-level government | Government green procurement: a fuzzy-DEMATEL analysis of barriers | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Experts für DEMATEL | Fuzzy set theory | |
| 10 | Poland | European and national level in Poland | Non-legal barriers to sustainable public procurement in Poland | Literature review | Qualitative – analysis of secondary data | No | ||
| A11 | Australia and Malaysia | Public (all sectors) | A comparative study of public sector sustainable procurement practices, opportunities and barriers | Empirical paper | Quantitative – online survey(questionnaire) | No | ||
| A12 | Jin | China | Higher educational institutions (HEIs) | Challenges of sustainable public procurement in Chinese higher education institutions: a Delphi study | Empirical paper | Mixed – Delphi and questionnaire | No | |
| A13 | Leal Filho | World | HEIs | Sustainability and procurement practices in higher education institutions: Barriers and drivers | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | |
| A14 | Slovakia | All public sector institutions | Local barriers in the efficient use of green public procurement - case of Slovakia | Review | No | |||
| A15 | McMurray | Malaysia | Both public and private (all sectors) | Sustainable procurement in Malaysian organizations: practices, barriers and opportunities | Empirical paper | Mixed – focus group and questionnaire | No | |
| A16 | Nemec | Post-socialist countries | Across sectors (public) | The barriers to green public procurement: analysis of Four “Post-Socialist” countries | Empirical paper | Qualitative – focus group | Principal agent theory | |
| A17 | Ogunsanya | Nigeria | Construction | Barriers to sustainable procurement in the Nigerian construction industry: an exploratory factor analysis | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | |
| A18 | Osei-Kyei | Systematic paper | Construction | Critical review of the drivers and barriers for adopting net zero carbon procurement for construction projects | Qualitative – Thematic | Project success theory | ||
| A19 | Nigeria | Construction | Barriers to adoption of sustainable procurement in the Nigerian public construction sector | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | Institutional and | ||
| A20 | India | Humanitarian supply chain | Modelling performance measurement barriers of humanitarian supply chain | Empirical paper | Mixed – Interviews and questionnaire | Grey theory | ||
| A21 | Pourvaziri | Iran | Construction – both public and private | Barriers to green procurement of the Iranian construction industry: an interpretive structural modelling approach | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | |
| A22 | China | Public (all sectors) | Issues and challenges in implementing China’s green public procurement program | Review | Qualitative – Thematic | No | ||
| A23 | Rais | Malaysia | Construction (cross-check if public or private) | The possible challenges of green procurement implementation | Conference paper | Qualitative – focus group | No | |
| A24 | Pakistan | HEIs | Drivers and deterrents of sustainable procurement practices – an exploratory study in context of Pakistani HEIs | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Thematic | No | ||
| A25 | Simion | Romania (European Union) | State inspectorate for constructions, both at the Central and Bucharest-Ilfov region level | Green procurement in Romanian construction projects. A cluster analysis of the barriers and enablers to green procurement in construction projects from the Bucharest-Ilfov region of Romania | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | |
| A26 | Construction | Barriers to addressing sustainable construction in public procurement strategies | Conference paper - empirical | Delphi exercise, interviews, questionnaire survey and case studies | No | |||
| A27 | Stokke | Four European cities | Construction | Procurement for zero emission construction sites: a comparative study of Four European cities | Empirical paper | Qualitative – interviews, observations, and document studies | Innovation ecosystem theory | |
| A28 | Vejaratnam | Systematic paper | Systematic paper | A systematic review of barriers impeding the implementation of government green procurement | Qualitative – Thematic | No | ||
| A29 | Vejaratnam | Malaysia | Federal ministries | Strategic responses to environmental performance monitoring barriers: a case study of Malaysian government green procurement | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Interviews, thematic | Institutional theory | |
| A30 | Lindgreen | Public sector | Sustainable procurement in the United Kingdom public sector | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | ||
| A31 | Yap | Malaysia | Construction (80% of respondents were on privately funded projects | Green procurement in the construction industry: Unfolding new underlying barriers for a developing country context | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | |
| A32 | Zaidi | Pakistan | Public sector universities | Addressing the sustainable development through sustainable procurement: What factors resist the implementation of sustainable procurement in Pakistan? | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | No | |
| A33 | Bangladesh | Public sector | What are the key challenges of implementing sustainable public procurement ( | Empirical paper | Survey questionnaire | Triple bottom line | ||
| A34 | South Africa | Public sector | Advancing green public procurement in South Africa challenges, opportunities, and strategic pathways | Policy document | Qualitative | No | ||
| A35 | Budi | Malaysia | Hospital – health sector | Challenges in the implementation of green public procurement in public hospitals | Empirical paper | Qualitative – Delphi method | Multi-criteria decision-making theory ( | |
| A36 | Polonsky | Worldwide | Public sector | Identifying the drivers and barriers of the public sector procurement of products with recycled material or recovered content: a systematic review and research propositions | Qualitative – thematic | No | ||
| A37 | Zaidi | Pakistan | Health sector | Sustainability challenges in public health sector procurement: an application of interpretative structural modelling | Empirical paper | Quantitative – Questionnaire | ||
| A38 | Wendt-Rasch | Sweden | Municipal | Chemical requirements in Swedish municipal green public procurement: challenges and opportunities | Empirical paper | Qualitative – semi structured interviews and observations | ||
| A39 | Australia | Healthcare sector | Green public procurement implementation challenges in Australian public healthcare sector | Empirical paper | AHP-based structured interviews | |||
| A40 | China | Public sector | Green public procurement in China: current practices, barriers and opportunities | Review paper | Qualitative – desk research | No |
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