Assessment on Factors Affecting Green Supply Chain Management Practices: The Case of Yotek Construction Plc: Perception Survey
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2021-07
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Addis Ababa University
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According to the report of World business council for sustainable development 2020, the weather of our world is changing drastically due to human made greenhouse gas emissions which bring unfavorable consequences to the human being. This weather changes were reflected in famine, floods, draughts and different diseases. For the weather changes in our environment, the construction sector accounted around 40% of the total share of GHG emission. By taking this into consideration, the main objective of the study was on identifying the factors affecting the Green Supply Chain Management practices by taking the case of Yotek Construction plc. For this research the data was collected using the means of semi- structured interviews with department managers and by using structured questionnaire distributed to all 42 respondents of the three departments namely Procurement, Planning and Logistics. The collected data was analyzed by using the latest IBM version 28 SPSS software. Both explanatory and descriptive research designs were deployed for the study. In addition correlation and linear regression were used for determining the relation between independent and dependent factors. The results of the study shows that from the six factors mentioned as affecting factors on supply chain practice, knowledge and experience, understanding among supply chain stakeholders and corporate leadership support found to be the major factors affecting the organization’s green supply chain practice while on the other hand, cost, government support and technology found to be weak factors in affecting the Green Supply Chain Management practice of the organization compared to the others. From the results of the findings therefore, the researcher recommended methods for boosting the relation of stakeholders, corporate leadership mechanisms and development of knowledge and experience. In addition, the study also made suggestions including additional required study which need to be considered for further identification of different factors. Initiatives and challenges of the company and the green supply chain function within the planning, logistics and procurement departments of the organization were also included in this study
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Factors affecting, Green supply chain management, practices