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September 23, 2025
Leveraging AI for Sustainable Public Procurement
September 5, 2025
The Power of Stakeholders: Driving—or Deterring—Local Government Environmental Policy
July 23, 2025
Greener Slovakia: Advancing Green Public Procurement in Municipalities
June 5, 2025
Green Public Procurement in Czech Municipalities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Actions
June 29, 2023
SPRI awarded ASU's President's Award for Sustainability
April 11, 2023
SPRI Associate Director Completes Sustainable Purchasing Tutorial Videos for Thinkfour
March 23, 2023
SPRI and SPLC Interviewed on E&E News About Upcoming Changes to Federal Acquisition
March 17, 2023
SPRI Student wins 2023 Doctoral Research Symposium Best Paper Award
January 31, 2023
UNEP & SPRI Present Key Findings and Conclusions of the 2022 Sustainable Public Procurement Global Review
January 10, 2023
SPRI Introduces Inaugural Global Research Affiliates
December 16, 2022
SPRI Contributes Research and Writing to UNEP Sustainable Public Procurement: 2022 Global Review
September 29, 2022
New SPRI Article Published in Journal of Cleaner Production: a Framework for Understanding Sustainable Public Purchasing
September 22, 2022
SPRI Faculty Selected for Inaugural GSA Acquisition Policy Federal Advisory Committee
September 22, 2022
SPRI's Co-Founder Interviewed by AZ Central for Nation's First Sustainable Purchasing Committee
September 9, 2022
SPRI Researchers Win NSF Award to Study the Future of Work in Sustainable Public Procurement
August 25, 2022
Sarah Queen Joins as New SPRI Graduate Research Assistant
May 2, 2022
Green Purchasing Policy Adoption in Spanish Municipalities
May 2, 2022
Seven Recommendations to Advance Green Purchasing in Spanish Municipalities
May 2, 2022
Green Purchasing Policy Adoption in South Korean Municipalities
May 2, 2022
Five Actions to Advance Green Purchasing in South Korean Municipalities
October 1, 2021
Using E-Procurement Systems to Accommodate Multiple Sustainability Objectives
May 10, 2021
Government Purchasing: Sustainability’s Best Kept Secret?
April 7, 2021
Do Multiple Sustainability Objectives Affect the Speed of Local Procurement Processes?
April 7, 2021
Estimating the True Size of Public Procurement to Improve Sustainability
March 13, 2021
Protecting the Environment One Government Purchase at a Time
January 14, 2021
Why are Italian Municipalities Adopting Green Purchasing Policies?
January 14, 2021
Five Actions to Advance Green Purchasing in Italian Municipalities
January 14, 2021
Increasing Green Purchasing Success in Italian Municipalities
January 7, 2021
Sustainable Purchasing Implementation Success in Australia
January 7, 2021
Green Purchasing Policy Adoption in Australian Municipalities
January 7, 2021
7 Ways Australian Municipalities Can Increase the Success of Their Sustainable Purchasing Policies
January 4, 2021
Four Recommendations to Advance Green Purchasing in Mexican Municipalities
January 4, 2021
Green Purchasing Policy Adoption in Mexican Municipalities
January 4, 2021
Green Purchasing Policy Implementation Success in Mexican Municipalities
December 11, 2020
Eight Actions to Advance Green Purchasing in Japanese Municipalities
December 11, 2020
Why Japanese Municipal Governments Buy Green Products
December 4, 2020
Japanese Green Purchasing Implementation Success
August 5, 2019
Project Cities–Glendale: First Round of Summary Reports Released
January 15, 2019
Facilitating Green Purchasing in Japan
December 6, 2017
SPRI and EPA Collaborate to Launch Sustainable Purchasing Portal
December 5, 2017
Meeting Purchasing Needs the Sustainable Way
July 7, 2017
SPRI Helping Cities Become More Sustainable
July 6, 2017
Cities Can Make Greener Purchases With Help of New Initiative
March 4, 2017
SPRI Informs City of Phoenix on Green Purchases
March 3, 2017
Phoenix Gets a Guide to Greener Procurement From ASU
December 7, 2016
Breaking Barriers to Green Procurement Overseas