Impact of green supply chain management on the sustainability: A study on textile industry

Muhammad Hassan

doi:10.57044/SAJOL.2024.3.1.2423

Authors

Muhammad Hassan Department of Business Administration, Iqra University

Keywords:

Textile, Supply chain management, Supply chain sustainability, Sustainability, Environmental Performance, Manufacturing

Abstract

This research examines how green supply chain management affects business sustainability. Green purchasing, green manufacturing, green distribution, and green packaging. It falls in the explanatory form of research, which focuses on knowing the impact of green supply chain management on firm performance. the research focuses on examining theories or phenomena which were available previously from Pakistan’s textiles. We use primary and secondary data from our research, which is quantitative. A survey approach is adopted in this research; hence, questionnaires are used to collect data. Data was collected stepwise through a questionnaire using a Likert scale filled by the employers of the supply chain department of the organization from the textile sector in Pakistan. Six textile industries in Karachi were selected. The total sample size was 50; we use random sampling as its most basic method, where every population unit has an equal opportunity to be included in the random sampling. The findings of this study show that all four dimensions of green supply chain management, i.e. green manufacturing, green purchasing, green packaging and green distribution, have a positive impact on the sustainability and performance of the textile industry and are positively related to economic performance by reducing energy savings, reduction of waste, less packaging help firm develop environmental performances as they closely related to economic performance are rapidly adoptable by the firms.

References

Baloch, N. & Rashid, A. (2022). Supply Chain Networks, Complexity, and Optimization in Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis. South Asian Journal of Operations and Logistics, 1(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.57044/SAJOL.2022.1.1.2202

Bowen, F. E., Cousins, P. D., Lamming, R. C., & Farukt, A. C. (2009). The role of supply management capabilities in green supply. Production and Operations Management, 10(2), 174–189. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1937-5956.2001.tb00077.x

Carter, C. R., Kale, R., & Grimm, C. M. (2000). Environmental purchasing and firm performance: an empirical investigation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 36(3), 219–228. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1366-5545(99)00034-4

Chukwuma, A. I. (2018). Effect of product packaging on the sales volume of small and medium scale bakery firms in South East Nigeria. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(6), 988–1001.

Churchill, G. A., join (' ’. (1979). A paradigm for developing better measures of marketing constructs. JMR, Journal of Marketing Research, 16(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.2307/3150876

Cohen, L., & Manion, L. (1989). Research methods in education (3rd ed.). Routledge.

Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.

Crozier, M., & Thoenig, J.-C. (1976). The regulation of complex organized systems. Administrative Science Quarterly, 21(4), 547. https://doi.org/10.2307/2391716

Das, S., Ghani, M., Rashid, A., Rasheed, R., Manthar, S., & Ahmed, S. (2021). How customer satisfaction and loyalty can be affected by employee’s perceived emotional competence: The mediating role of rapport. International Journal of Management, 12(3), 1268-1277. https://doi.org/10.34218/IJM.12.3.2021.119

Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R., Jackson, P. R., & Jaspersen, L. J. (2018). Management and Business Research (6th ed.). Sage Publications. https://books.google.at/books?id=9btBDwAAQBAJ

Eltayeb, T. K., Zailani, S., & Ramayah, T. (2011). Green supply chain initiatives among certified companies in Malaysia and environmental sustainability: Investigating the outcomes. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 55(5), 495–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.09.003

Garver, M. S., & Mentzer, J. T. (1999). Logistics research methods: employing structural equation modelling to test for construct validity. Journal of Business Logistics, 20(1), 33-57.

Ghodeswar, B., & Kumar, P. (2014). A study of green marketing practices in Indian companies. International journal of applied management sciences and engineering, 1(2), 46–64. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijamse.2014070104

Green, K. W., Zelbst, P. J., Meacham, J., & Bhadauria, V. S. (2012). Green Supply Chain Management Practices: Impact On Performance, Supply Chain Management. An International Journal, 17(3), 290-305. https://doi.org/10.1108/13598541211227126

Hair, J. F., Page, M., & Brunsveld, N. (2019). Ethics in Business Research. In Essentials of Business Research Methods (pp. 58-85). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429203374-3

Handfield, R., Walton, S. V., Sroufe, R., & Melnyk, S. A. (2002). Applying environmental criteria to supplier assessment: A study in the application of the Analytical Hierarchy Process. European Journal of Operational Research, 141(1), 70–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-2217(01)00261-2

Hannan, M. T., & Freeman, J. (2009). Organizational Ecology. Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvjz813k

Haque, I., Rashid, A., & Ahmed, S. Z. (2021). The Role of Automobile Sector in Global Business: Case of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of International Affairs, 4(2), 363-383. https://doi.org/10.52337/pjia.v4i2.195

Hart, S. (1996). Does It Pay to Be Green? An Empirical Examinations of the Relationships between Emissions Reduction and Firm Performance. Business Strategy and the Environment. 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0836(199603)5:1<30::AID-BSE38>3.0.CO;2-Q

Hasan, M. (2013). Sustainable supply chain management practices and operational performance. American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 03(01), 42–48. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajibm.2013.31006

Hashmi, A. (2022). Factors affecting the supply chain resilience and supply chain performance. South Asian Journal of Operations and Logistics, 1(2), 65-85. https://doi.org/10.57044/SAJOL.2022.1.2.2212

Hashmi, A. R., & Mohd, A. T. (2020). The effect of disruptive factors on inventory control as a mediator and organizational performance in health department of Punjab, Pakistan. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Policy, 9(2), 122-134. https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.26.2020.92.122.134

Hashmi, A. R., Amirah, N. A., & Yusof, Y. (2020a). Mediating effect of integrated systems on the relationship between supply chain management practices and public healthcare performance: Structural Equation Modeling. International Journal of Management and Sustainability, 9(3), 148-160. https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.11.2020.93.148.160

Hashmi, A. R., Amirah, N. A., & Yusof, Y. (2021b). Organizational performance with disruptive factors and inventory control as a mediator in public healthcare of Punjab, Pakistan. Management Science Letters, 11(1), 77-86. https://doi.org/10.5267/j.msl.2020.8.028

Hashmi, A. R., Amirah, N. A., Yusof, Y., & Zaliha, T. N. (2020b). Exploring the dimensions using exploratory factor analysis of disruptive factors and inventory control. The Economics and Finance Letters, 7(2), 247-254. https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.29.2020.72.247.254

Hashmi, A. R., Amirah, N. A., Yusof, Y., & Zaliha, T. N. (2021a). Mediation of inventory control practices in proficiency and organizational performance: State-funded hospital perspective. Uncertain Supply Chain Management, 9(1), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2020.11.006

Hashmi, A., Amirah, N., & Yusof, Y. (2020). Mediating effect of integrated systems on the relationship between supply chain management practices and public healthcare performance: Structural Equation Modeling. International Journal of Management and Sustainability, 9(3), 148–160.

Hashmi, R. (2023). Business Performance Through Government Policies, Green Purchasing, and Reverse Logistics: Business Performance and Green Supply Chain Practices. South Asian Journal of Operations and Logistics, 2(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.57044/SAJOL.2023.2.1.2301

Jabbour B, A. B., Jabbour B, C. J., & Stefanelli, N. O. (2014). Green supply chain management and environmental performance of firms in the bioenergy sector in Brazil: An exploratory survey. Energy Policy, 75, 312-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.06.019

Jänicke, M. (2008). Ecological modernisation: new perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 16(5), 557–565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.02.011

Khan, S. K., Ahmed, S., & Rashid, A. (2021). Influence of social media on purchase intention and customer loyalty of generation Y with the mediating effect of conviction: a case of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of International Affairs, 4(2), 526-548. https://doi.org/10.52337/pjia.v4i2.207

Khan, S. K., Rashid. A., Benhamed, A., Rasheed, R., & Huma, Z. (2023b). Effect of leadership styles on employee performance by considering psychological capital as mediator: evidence from airlines industry in emerging economy. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 18(6), 799-818. https://doi.org/10.47556/J.WJEMSD.18.6.2022.7

Khan, S., Rasheed., R., Rashid, A., Abbas, Q., & Mahboob, F. (2022). The Effect of Demographic Characteristics on Job Performance: An Empirical Study from Pakistan. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 9(2), 283-294. https://doi.org/10.13106/JAFEB.2022.VOL9.NO2.0283

Khan, S., Rashid, A., Rasheed, R., & Amirah, N. A. (2023a). Designing a knowledge-based system (KBS) to study consumer purchase intention: the impact of digital influencers in Pakistan. Kybernetes, 52(5), 1720-1744. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-06-2021-0497

Kumar, M., Agarwal, A., Singh, P., & Singhal, A. K. (2017). Green packaging and marketing in promoting agribusiness. Management, 3(1). https://jjss.co.in/ij/index.php/mg/article/view/64

Min, H. (2001). Green purchasing practices of U.S. firms. International Journal of Operations, 21(9), 1222-1238. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005923

Mostafa, M. M. (2006). Antecedents of Egyptian consumers’ green purchase intentions: A hierarchical multivariate regression model. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 19(2), 97–126. https://doi.org/10.1300/j046v19n02_06

Murphy, J., & Gouldson, A. (2000). Environmental policy and industrial innovation: integrating environment and economy through ecological modernisation. Geoforum; Journal of Physical, Human, and Regional Geosciences, 31(1), 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-7185(99)00042-1

Quoquab, F., Thurasamy, R., & Mohammad, J. (2017). Driving Green Consumerism Through Strategic Sustainability Marketing. IGI Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2912-5

Rasheed, R., & Rashid, R. (2023). Role of service quality factors in word of mouth through student satisfaction. Kybernetes. In press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/k-01-2023-0119

Rasheed, R., Rashid, A., Amirah, N. A., & Afthanorhan, A. (2023). Quantifying the moderating effect of servant leadership between occupational stress and employee in-role and extra-role performance. Calitatea, 24(195), 60-68. https://doi.org/10.47750/QAS/24.195.08

Rashid, A. & Rasheed, R. (2023). Mediation of inventory management in the relationship between knowledge and firm performance, SAGE Open, 13(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231164593

Rashid, A. (2016). mpact of inventory management in downstream chains on customer satisfaction at manufacturing firms. International Journal of Management, 6(6), 1–19.

Rashid, A. Rasheed, R., & Amirah, N. A. (2023). Information technology and people involvement in organizational performance through supply chain collaboration. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSTPM-12-2022-0217

Rashid, A., & Amirah, N. (2017). Relationship between poor documentation and efficient inventory control at Provincial Ministry of Health, Lahore. Lahore. American Journal of Innovative Research and Applied Sciences, 5(6), 420–423.

Rashid, A., Ali, S. B., Rasheed, R., Amirah, N. A. & Ngah, A. H. (2022a). A paradigm of blockchain and supply chain performance: a mediated model using structural equation modeling. Kybernetes, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-04-2022-0543

Rashid, A., Amirah, N. A., & Yusof, Y. (2019). Statistical approach in exploring factors of documentation process and hospital performance: a preliminary study. American Journal of Innovative Research and Applied Sciences, 9(4), 306-310.

Rashid, A., Amirah, N. A., Yusnita, Y., & Khan, S. (2021). A Quantitative Perspective of Systematic Research: Easy and Step-by-Step Initial Guidelines. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 12(9), 2874-2883.

Rashid, A., Amirah, N. A., Yusof, Y., & Mohd, A. T. (2020). Analysis of demographic factors on perceptions of inventory managers towards healthcare performance. The Economics and Finance Letters, 7(2), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.29.2020.72.289.294

Rashid, A., Rasheed, R., & Amirah, N. A., & Afthanorhan, A. (2022b). Disruptive factors and customer satisfaction at chain stores in Karachi, Pakistan. Journal of Distribution Science, 20(10), 93-103. https://doi.org/10.15722/jds.20.10.202210.93

Rashid, A., Rasheed, R., Amirah, N. A., Yusof, Y., Khan, S., & Agha, A., A. (2021). A Quantitative Perspective of Systematic Research: Easy and Step-by-Step Initial Guidelines. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 12(9), 2874-2883. https://www.tojqi.net/index.php/journal/article/view/6159/4387

Sarkis, J. (2003). A strategic decision framework for green supply chain management. Journal of Cleaner Production, 11(4), 397–409. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0959-6526(02)00062-8

Simpson, D. F., & Power, D. J. (2005). Use the supply relationship to develop lean and green suppliers. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 10(1), 60–68. https://doi.org/10.1108/13598540510578388

Srivastava, S. K. (2007). Green Supply Chain Management: A State-of-The-Art Literature Review. International Journal of Management Reviews, 9(1), 53-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00202.x

Zhu A, Q., Sarkis B, J., & Lai, K. (2008). Confirmation of a measurement model for green supply chain management practices implementation. International Journal of Production Economics, 111(2), 261-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.11.029