International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Vol 5, No 4 (2016): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

The Level of Green Supply Chain Practices Adoption in Sri Lankan Manufacturing Companies

Chamari Pamoshika Jayarathna (University of Kelaniya)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2016

Abstract

It is been topical to discuss about Green Supply Chain Management due to increasing environmental issues all over the world. Therefore many scholars have been given their attention to do more research on this area based on their own countries. Through this study researcher expects to strength existing body of knowledge regarding green supply chain management based on the Sri Lankan context. Thus this paper attempts to identify the current level of green supply chain practices adoption in Sri Lankan manufacturing companies and gives comparative analysis of green supply chain practices adoption with Chinese and Japanese manufacturing companies. For this study structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the sample of 125 manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka and data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. In order to have general understanding about the level of green supply chain practices adoption, five stages of adoption level was used as a theoretical base. Findings of this study will be more contributed to strengthen the green supply chain management further for managers, relevant authorities and the government of Sri Lanka.Key words: Environmental Issues, Green Supply Chain Management, Green Supply Chain Practices, Level of Adoption, Manufacturing Companies.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJSCM

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Transportation

Description

International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM) is a peer-reviewed indexed journal, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print), that publishes original, high quality, supply chain management empirical research that will have a significant impact on SCM theory and practice. Manuscripts ...