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#30 Public Procurement, Climate Change & Expanding Expertise with Knowledge from other Disciplines
#30 Public Procurement, Climate Change & Expanding Expertise with Knowledge from other Disciplines
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, Marta and Willem start by discussing the role of public procurement law in addressing climate change, emphasizing its supportive capacity in mitigation efforts and how it interacts with various legal disciplines, including environmental, competition, and constitutional law. For the main, they dig into the nuances of sustainable procurement, emphasizing the distinction between policy and law, and introduce the concept of "low emission procurement" as a targeted approach to address emissions in public purchasing practices. More precisely, they emphasize the shift from traditional procedural rules to target-oriented approaches and the challenges of implementing and enforcing these targets, highlighting the increasing integration of environmental considerations into procurement law and the need for professionals to be versed in various related legislations (e.g., EU Clean Vehicles Directive, Batteries Regulation, Net-Zero Act, Deforestation Regulation). Finally, for the dessert, they reflect on the challenges of venturing into scientific fields outside their primary expertise, exemplified by their foray into environmental law.
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (29)
#1 COVID-19 Responses to Public Procurement in the EU & Academic Life in These Times: We critically discuss the Commission guidance on COVID-19 and public procurement and what we think are some of the challenges that contracting authorities face these days. Also, we discuss the approaches taken by some of the Member States to address th... by BESTEK - The Public Procurement Podcast