Understanding Sustainable Public Procurement

Sanjay Kumar has over two decades of governance and leadership experience in public policy, procurement, supply chain, and environmental and social safeguards. He is currently the Chief Materials Manager for the Western Railway, Ministry of Railways, India. He has extensive experience working with  governments, NGOs, academia and multilateral agencies toward embedding sustainability in end-to-end procurement and has been one of the leading voices from the region advocating the growth of sustainable procurement movement in India. An M. Tech in Environmental Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, and MA in Public Policy & Sustainable Development from TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, India, Sanjay has led various initiatives in research, advocacy and implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) in India & abroad. He serves as a member on the National Task Force of Government of India on Sustainable Public Procurement; on Strategic Advisory Committee of Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC), Washington, USA; and as President, Board of Trustees of Asia-Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP), Bangkok, Thailand.  He is the VOICE of Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS), nominated by Inter-agency Task Team of United Nations. He currently leads One Planet Network SPP Programme’s Interest Group on Sustainable Procurement in Construction/Infrastructure. His recent publications as co-author include the Second Edition of UNEP’s Sustainable Public Procurement Guidelines and UNEP’s Policy Brief: Driving Sustainability Through Public Procurement of Infrastructure, both in 2021.

• Chapter 1. Brief Overview of Sustainable Public Procurement.- Chapter 2. Emergence of Sustainable Public Procurement as Strategic Instrument.- Chapter 3. Status of Sustainable Procurement Implementation.- Chapter 4. National Context for Sustainable Public Procurement Policy in India.- Chapter 5. State of Play of Drives for Implementing Sustainable Procurement in India.- Chapter 6. Strategy for Implementing Sustainable Public Procurement Policy in India.- Chapter 7. Evolving Role of Sustainable Procurement in Coming Decades.