As the world grapples with climate change and environmental degradation, sustainable procurement has emerged as a solution that holds great potential. This was made abundantly clear during the 6th European Conference on Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement...
In May 2023, our Early-Stage Researchers Natalia Spataru, Valentina Bianchini and Xinyue Xue were seconded to our partner organisation George Washington University Law School in Washington DC, USA. In this blog post, Xinyue shares her experience researching relevant rules and practices for promoting small businesses in US federal procurement. Her PhD project at the University of Birmingham focuses on facilitating Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in public procurement.
I. Introduction In recent years, national laws focusing on circular economy requirements have increased substantially. Our network has already examined the significant accomplishments achieved in Italy due to the establishment of legally binding minimum environmental...
The following blog post has been authored by the SAPIENS Network lead researcher Associate Professor Marta Andhov and senior researcher at the PurpLE project Michał Kania. In this blog post, the authors analyse Case C-598/19 Conacee, which concerns Article 20(1)...
1. Societal Impact of SAPIENS Research Our lead researchers Marta Andhov, Roberto Caranta, Olga Martin-Ortega, in collaboration with Willem A. Janssen, contributed to the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament study on the legislative developments of Sustainable...
Our Early-Stage Researcher, Aura Iurascu (Hasselt University) published an open-access journal article titled ‘How Will the Adoption of Mandatory GPP Criteria Change the Game? Lessons from the Italian Experience’. The article was published in Vol. 18, Issue 1, 2023,...
