Innovation, Procurement and Sustainability in the Construction Industry
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2023) | Viewed by 598
Special Issue Editors
Interests: contemporary and strategic issues in the construction industry; social value; quality of working life; people resourcing
Interests: construction supply chain management; circular economy in the built environment; sustainable procurement; social value; smart and digital processes for performance improvements
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to launch a Special Issue in the Sustainability journal on “Innovation, Procurement and Sustainability in the Construction Industry”. The construction industry is increasingly being relied upon to help address the climate emergency and contribute towards the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This sustainability agenda has resulted in the need for project performance criteria that go beyond the conventional metrics of cost, time and quality, with an increasing emphasis on broader outcomes such as whole-life carbon performance, circularity and social value. Achieving these broader outcomes will require leveraging innovative tools, technologies, processes and business models across the sector. This adoption and diffusion of innovation at the project, oganisation and industry level can either be inhibited by conventional procurement arrangements, or could lead to the emergence of innovative procurement models that help advance the sustainability agenda in the construction industry.
The aim is for this Special Issue to make a contribution to the existing literature on the interlinkage between innovation, procurement and sustainability in the construction industry, providing insights into how traditional procurement norms and practices are being challenged to improve the construction industry’s contribution towards economic, environmental and social sustainability outcomes.
We therefore invite contributions in the forms of research papers, case studies and systematic reviews that showcase procurement principles and best practices that can help organizations operating within the construction sector to deliver sustainability through innovation.
Dr. Ani Raiden
Dr. Emmanuel Manu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circular procurement
- digital platforms
- procurement
- whole-life carbon
- social value
- innovation
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