Sustainable Public Procurement Under EU Law : New Perspectives on the State as Stakeholder (Hardcover)

1. Why should public procurement be about sustainability? Beate Sjafjell and Anja Wiesbrock; 2. The uneasy relationship between EU environmental and economic policies: the role of the Court of Justice Suzanne Kingston; 3. The link to the subject-matter: a glass ceiling for sustainable public contracts? Abby Semple; 4. Socially responsible public procurement: European value or national choice? Anja Wiesbrock; 5. Labels as enablers of sustainable public procurement Roberto Caranta; 6. Life cycle costing for sustainable public procurement in the European Union Dacian C. Dragos and Bogdana Neamtu; 7. Sustainable public procurement under framework agreements Marta Andrecka; 8. The role of SMEs in promoting sustainable procurement Sarah Schoenmaekers; 9. Sustainable public procurement as a driver for sustainable companies? The interface between company law and procurement law Beate Sjafjell; 10. Using contracts to further sustainability? A contract law perspective on sustainable public procurement Anna Beckers; 11. Public procurement's potential for sustainability Anja Wiesbrock and Beate Sjafjell.