Murray Svidroňová, MáriaNemec, JurajŽigová, Nikola2026-03-202026-03-202025978-84-09-78329-8https://repo.umb.sk/handle/123456789/1368In: ICEM 2025 = International Conference on Entrepreneurial Motivation 2025 : bold steps: Entrepreneurship in times of change : book of proceedings. 1. vyd. Valencia : ReSocEM, 2025. ISBN 978-84-09-78329-8. Pp. 28-30.This paper deals with the issue of green public procurement as a modern and optional tool of environmental policy. Given that public procurement accounts for 13% to 20% of global GDP, it is not surprising that nations are now seeking methods to use public procurement procedures not only as an efficient public purchasing tool but also as a tool for sustainable development and a catalyst for innovation in both the public and private sectors (Lember et al., 2014, Zipperer, 2019). Alkadry et al. (2019) pointed out that by integrating social, economic, and environmental considerations into its procedures, sustainable public procurement can be a crucial instrument for accomplishing the overall sustainability of human development. One particular element of sustainable public procurement is green public procurement (Brammer and Walker, 2011; Grandia et al., 2020). Dimand et al (2023) stated that green public procurement (GPP) is specific in the sense that more than 40% of the total carbon footprint of organizations is associated with procurement, which shows that green procurement practices are a crucial factor in responding to climate change and other environmental challenges.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesszelené verejné obstarávaniegreen public procurementenvironmentálne trendyenvironmental trendskritériá hodnoteniahodnotiace kritériácriteria of evaluationArticle