Green supply chain management in developing countries : a study of factors and practices in Malaysia.

With the increasing awareness on environmental sustainability issues, manufacturing firms nowadays start to think and act green. In addition, firms need to implement wise strategies in order to compromise with green issues without neglecting their business objectives. This paper reports the results...

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Main Authors: Rusli, Khairul Anuar, Abd Rahman, Azmawani, Ho, Jo Ann
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32212/1/32212.pdf
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description With the increasing awareness on environmental sustainability issues, manufacturing firms nowadays start to think and act green. In addition, firms need to implement wise strategies in order to compromise with green issues without neglecting their business objectives. This paper reports the results of green practices and factors that lead firms to adopt green initiatives in Malaysia. Based on in depth interviews with four manufacturing companies, the results show that customers, marketing, regulations, competitive and internal factors are among the factors that encouraged firms to adopt green practices. This study also indicates manufacturers in Malaysia implement green purchasing, eco design and internal green practices in their operations. Therefore the findings will help to address the issues more appropriately and plan for better green supply chain management initiatives in the future aligning with effort and commitment shown by the government.
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spelling upm.eprints-322122014-10-15T04:52:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32212/ Green supply chain management in developing countries : a study of factors and practices in Malaysia. Rusli, Khairul Anuar Abd Rahman, Azmawani Ho, Jo Ann With the increasing awareness on environmental sustainability issues, manufacturing firms nowadays start to think and act green. In addition, firms need to implement wise strategies in order to compromise with green issues without neglecting their business objectives. This paper reports the results of green practices and factors that lead firms to adopt green initiatives in Malaysia. Based on in depth interviews with four manufacturing companies, the results show that customers, marketing, regulations, competitive and internal factors are among the factors that encouraged firms to adopt green practices. This study also indicates manufacturers in Malaysia implement green purchasing, eco design and internal green practices in their operations. Therefore the findings will help to address the issues more appropriately and plan for better green supply chain management initiatives in the future aligning with effort and commitment shown by the government. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32212/1/32212.pdf Rusli, Khairul Anuar and Abd Rahman, Azmawani and Ho, Jo Ann (2012) Green supply chain management in developing countries : a study of factors and practices in Malaysia. In: UMT 11th International Annual Symposium on Sustainability Science and Management, 9-11 July 2012, Terengganu, Malaysia. (pp. 278-285). English
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title Green supply chain management in developing countries : a study of factors and practices in Malaysia.
title_full Green supply chain management in developing countries : a study of factors and practices in Malaysia.
title_fullStr Green supply chain management in developing countries : a study of factors and practices in Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed Green supply chain management in developing countries : a study of factors and practices in Malaysia.
title_short Green supply chain management in developing countries : a study of factors and practices in Malaysia.
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