Developing Green Procurement (GP) criteria for best practice towards achieving green construction / Mohammad Hassan Khairil Anuar

Construction industry is one key driver in stimulating Malaysia’s economic growth. However, one of the main issues are there has been lack of research in this area. Green procurement is known as procurement that is consistent with the principles of sustainable development, such as ensuring a strong, healthy and just society, living within environmental limits and promoting good governance. The Malaysian government has published a standard guideline of green procurement known as the Government Green Procurement (GGP) guideline; however, it is not merely used for construction development. Among the benefits are ensuring quality, safety and other basic requirements, scientific management and technological progress, which should be used in engineering construction to maximize the conservation of resources. Malaysia has already implemented some policies and frameworks such as the National Green Technology Policy, Construction 4.0 Strategic plan and also the Government Green Procurement Guideline. Even though the GGP guideline has already been made, it does not specifically include the construction industry; it is more focused on products and services. Also carbon reduction has also been one of the many efforts established by the government to address the climate change. Hence, the research is aimed to develop a green procurement criteria best practice for achieving green construction. The objectives of this research are i. to identify the criteria needed for best practice in Green Procurement (GP) for construction works, ii. to analyse the significant levels of the criteria for GP construction works and iii.