Our vision is a society where a holistic view on procurement contributes to a socially, environmentally, and economically prosperous future (sustainability).

The mission is to perform, promote, and disseminate world leading transdisciplinary research regarding holistic sustainable procurement that;

• has a value-based life-cycle focus;
• stimulates appropriate standardisation;
• inspires innovation;
• contributes to suitable and effectively applied policies and rules; and
• supports transparency and fair dealing, that creates trust among involved stakeholders.

Approach: We accomplish our mission by being a first-choice research partner to public and industrial organizations, policy makers, academia, and a leading creator and disseminator of scientific knowledge to society as well as a generator of top-of-the-line graduate students and executive education.

Competences: business administration and law, public procurement, circular economy, design, etc.