The Recommendations for Implementation of Green Public Procurement in Hospitals

Abstract

Every institution running the services needs to procure goods and services in running the activities. The procurement practices not only discuss the quality and value of products but also determine the environmental impact. This study identifies and evaluates factors that affected the application of Green public procurement (GPP) in hospitals and looked at the recommended solutions and response actions. Respondents selected as the object of this study were 34 people involved in the procurement process from several Indonesian government hospitals. In this study, the inhibiting factors of the application of GPP were divided into eight variables with 27 indicators. The analytical method used in this study is the PLS method. The study results indicated that two of the eight indicators significantly affected the implementation of GPP are cost and products.

Keywords

• green public procurement
• hospital
• environmental
• government