Public institutions, companies and governments in the EU and around the worldare increasingly engaging in sustainable public procurement – a broad conceptthat must consider the three pillars of economic equality, social welfare and publichealth and environmental responsibility when designing public tenders andfinalizing government contracts.This book contributes to the development of life-cycle criteria tools and methodologiesfor public procurement in the EU. It collects both sector-crossing contributionsanalysing the most relevant theoretical and legal aspects, includingboth EU law and contract theory, and sector-specific contributions relating tosome of the most important sustainable goods and services markets. The bookstarts with a chapter that discusses the different approaches to including sustainabilityconsiderations in buying decisions by both private and public purchasers,and then goes on to examine the EU law on LCC and how it is implementedin different Member States. These chapters address the challenges in balancingeconomic and sustainability objectives under EU internal market law. Onechapter develops the analysis with specific reference to public-private partnership.Another chapter elaborates how multi-stakeholders’ cooperation is necessary todevelop LCC, based on a case study of a lighting services procurement. Threesector-specific studies relating to social housing, textile and clothing and IT closethe book.With contributors from a range of backgrounds including law, business, management,engineering and policy development, this interdisciplinary book providesthe first comprehensive study on LCC within the framework of EU publicprocurement law.