Purpose

This paper aims to identify and assess the key criteria for selecting green suppliers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) construction industry.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 20 criteria were identified and shortlisted through an extensive literature review. These criteria were grouped into four categories: technical and commercial bid, company characteristics, environmental and socioeconomic. A questionnaire was then developed and distributed to construction professionals in the UAE. A total of 39 professionals responded to the survey including contractors, consultants, owners and suppliers. The respondents performed pairwise comparisons among the selection criteria. Data was then analyzed using the Expert Choice Software.

Findings

The research findings highlighted that the technical and commercial bid category was ranked as the most important with a weight of 0.338, followed by socioeconomic, company characteristics and environmental categories weighing 0.239, 0.225 and 0.199, respectively. The UAE construction professionals also ranked health and safety, material’s quality and tender price as the top three most important criteria when selecting a sustainable supplier.

Practical implications

This research addresses the lack of literature toward green supplier selection in the UAE. In addition, it assists contractors in selecting the appropriate supplier and promotes sustainable practices in the construction industry.

Originality/value

Material suppliers play an important role in the successful delivery of construction projects. Selecting the appropriate supplier is of paramount importance to project success. Several methods can be used to evaluate and select the best-fit suppliers. However, the selection criteria in such methods are primarily based on traditional construction projects rather than sustainable construction projects. Recently, there is an increase in the number of sustainable construction projects in the UAE. Therefore, identifying and assessing the key criteria for selecting green suppliers is needed. This paper fills the gap in literature as to selecting green suppliers in construction projects.

中文翻译：

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阿联酋建筑项目选择绿色供应商的关键标准

目的

本文旨在确定和评估选择阿拉伯联合酋长国 (UAE) 建筑行业绿色供应商的关键标准。

设计/方法/方法

通过广泛的文献综述，共确定了 20 条标准并入围。这些标准分为四类：技术和商业投标、公司特征、环境和社会经济。然后制定了一份问卷并将其分发给阿联酋的建筑专业人士。共有 39 名专业人士对调查做出了回应，其中包括承包商、顾问、业主和供应商。受访者在选择标准之间进行了成对比较。然后使用专家选择软件分析数据。

发现

研究结果强调，技术和商业投标类别被列为最重要的类别，权重为 0.338，其次是社会经济、公司特征和环境类别，其权重分别为 0.239、0.225 和 0.199。阿联酋建筑专业人士还将健康与安全、材料质量和投标价格列为选择可持续供应商的三大最重要标准。

实际影响

这项研究解决了阿联酋缺乏关于绿色供应商选择的文献。此外，它还协助承包商选择合适的供应商并促进建筑行业的可持续实践。

原创性/价值

材料供应商在建筑项目的成功交付方面发挥着重要作用。选择合适的供应商对项目的成功至关重要。可以使用多种方法来评估和选择最合适的供应商。然而，这些方法中的选择标准主要基于传统的建设项目，而不是可持续的建设项目。最近，阿联酋的可持续建筑项目数量有所增加。因此，需要识别和评估选择绿色供应商的关键标准。本文填补了在建设项目中选择绿色供应商的文献空白。