The study on behalf of DG GROW assessed the feasibility of including societal criteria (environmental, innovation, employment-related) in upstream space procurement within the European Union Space Programmes, Copernicus, Galileo and EGNOS. The study required carrying out three tasks: Task 1) Investigate the legal feasibility of including societal criteria in the procurement of infrastructures for the EU Space Programmes, Task 2) Estimate the impact of including selected societal criteria and Task 3) Draw conclusions regarding the most appropriate societal criteria to be included in future procurement.