Assessing the impact of sustainable procurement in project execution

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2021-07-07
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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.
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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.
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sustainable procurement, project execution
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