Malaysia has been one of the foremost countries in the Asia-Pacific region to leverage the power of procurement to transform its market, leading to sustainable consumption and production. In 2013, Malaysia launched Green Government Procurement (GGP), which is defined as “ the acquisition of products, services and work in the public sector that takes into account environmental criteria and standards to conserve the natural environment and resources, which minimises and reduces the negative impacts of human activities”. Its commitment to promote green technology and eco-products is reflected in its policies, strategies and institutions that converge to promote green procurement. The objective of this review is to consider how S/GPP can support the achievement of key national development strategies, analyzing opportunities to enhance and strengthen Sustainable/Green Public Procurement (S/ GPP). This document is an assessment of S/GPP in Malaysia, using the Sustainable Public Procurement Module of the Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) as a reference guideline. It was not aimed to carry out detail and full assessment as per the prescribed methodology but to capture essential elements of the methodology relevant to carry out this analysis. Some recommendations were also intended as a result of the assessment.
