The 2025 ASviS Report highlights setbacks in poverty reduction, ecosystem protection, and governance. With 17% of the EU’s GDP linked to public spending, Green Public Procurement (GPP) emerges as a strategic lever for sustainability — but without skills and administrative capacity, the transition risks stalling.
Italy is not on track to meet the 2030 Agenda goals, according to the ASviS 2025 Report, which shows regression in six out of seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, including poverty, sustainable agriculture, inequality, ecosystem protection, peace, and institutional quality.
Only circular economy and resource efficiency show signs of improvement. Across the EU, despite progress in renewables, innovation, and emission reductions, biodiversity, inequality, and international cooperation are worsening. Globally, just 18% of the targets are expected to be achieved by 2030.
The report stresses that sustainability cannot rely on sporadic measures or emergency responses — it must be integrated into public budgets, industrial policies, territorial planning, and public spending. And within that spending lies one of the most powerful levers for change: public procurement.
With over 17% of the EU’s GDP tied to public demand, Green Public Procurement (GPP) can steer markets toward innovation, lower environmental impacts, and responsible supply chains. But for GPP to work effectively, administrations need trained staff, consistent application of environmental criteria, and investments in human capital.
Without administrative competence, the ecological transition risks remaining half-finished. The resources of the NRRP and the Green Deal can only deliver results if supported by technical expertise, monitoring, knowledge-sharing, and cooperation among institutions, businesses, research, and civil society.
What this means for public authorities, businesses, and procurement professionals
The message is clear: the ecological transition depends not just on laws, but on the capacity to implement them. For those working in public administration, enterprises, and procurement sectors, it translates into three key points:
- GPP is no longer a “best practice” — it’s an economic and political responsibility.
With public purchases accounting for 17% of the EU’s GDP, every tender can either drive sustainable markets or reinforce outdated ones. - Skills matter.
Knowing the CAM (Minimum Environmental Criteria), DNSH, environmental and social standards, PEF, and sustainable finance tools is essential — without technical expertise and training, the transition remains theoretical. - Sustainability means collaboration.
No institution or company can do it alone. ASviS emphasizes that networks, partnerships, and shared solutions are not side elements — they are part of the strategy.
Read the full report here.
