The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, “a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity”, was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. It seeks to build on the Millennium Development Goals, recognizing the eradication of poverty as the greatest global challenge, and the determination of Member states to “take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path” and to “realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”. It includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, among which Goal 12 specifically addresses the need to “Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns” through eleven different targets, one of which – target 12.7 – aims to “Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities.”