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The central aim is to review current practices of ESG integration in public construction procurement and identify future directions.

June 13, 2026Discover SustainabilityOpen Access

A systematic review of current practices and future directions for environmental social and governance (ESG) integration in public construction procurement

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Systematic review analyzes ESG integration in public construction procurement, highlighting challenges and proposing future directions.

The central aim is to review current practices of ESG integration in public construction procurement and identify future directions.
Systematically reviewed 46 peer-reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2025
Applied bibliometric, thematic, and qualitative content analysis
Used PEST framework to identify barriers to ESG integration
ESG integration is uneven, with environmental considerations better developed but underweighted in evaluations.
Social criteria are inconsistently defined and assessed primarily qualitatively.
Governance aspects are mostly limited to compliance, lacking formalisation beyond legal requirements.

Qian et al. (2026) studied this question.

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