Trend shaping in the development of Green Public Procurement and the European Union law regulations

Abstract

Green Public Procurement denotes a proceeding in which the procurement process involves at least one environmental factor already present at the needs assessment stage, when the subject of procurement is defined, its technical specifications formulated, and the procurement criteria or the manner in which it will be conducted are decided upon. The aim of the GPP is to determine the environmental issues in the tendering procedures to the fullest possible extent. The main idea behind the GPP is establishment of clear and challenging ecological criteria for products and services. Green Public Procurements are not obligatory, only recommended, and sadly not at all popular in Poland where ecological criteria in tenders are seldom respected, despite the fact that if properly promoted, in a long perspective GPP could bring considerable profits to all the environment.