Title: Assessing the impact of sustainable procurement in project execution
Abstract: In Ghana, the introduction of sustainable procurement is now certain to receive much
more attention, which has even demanded the amendment of the country‟s Procurement
Act (Act 663) to include sustainable requirements such as environmental, social and
economic issues of sustainability in public procurement. The research‟s general objective
was to assess the impact of sustainable procurement in project execution with Gold
Fields Ghana Limited Foundation as a case study. Specific objectives were to ascertain
the important sustainable procurement practices, detect the significant benefits and
critical implementation challenges of sustainable procurement in projects executed
between 2014 and 2017. The study employed exploratory research design and used
questionnaires as its main data collection tool. Purposive sampling was used and 113
respondents were sampled. SPSS was employed to the data analysis and presentation.
Findings indicated three important sustainable procurement practices of the Company‟s
thus: giving preference to youth, women, disabled people and rural towns, regularly
review/audit processes of systems internally and available ISO 14001 certification
achieved by the Foundation.The significant benefits of sustainable procurement
identified are a core value in corporate social responsibilities, promote fair trade and
ethical sourcing practices and prevent stakeholders‟ discrimination in favour of suppliers.
Critical sustainable procurement challenge identified were lack of government legislation
and legal enforcement,absence of sustainable products in the local maeket,lack of
adequate budget for internal or external support and high implementation costs of
sustainable procurement. The study concluded that, sustainable procurement practices
have positive impact and it is therefore recommended to every organization to implement
them in the execution of projects.%%%%A dissertation submitted to the Department Of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. November 2018%%%%KNUST
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-07-07
Language: en
Type: dissertation
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