Abstract
Going green in logistics business operation has been the main initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint while generating profit. This study described about the green practice and the drivers in the Malaysia warehousing industry. The purpose of the study is to investigate the factors of adopting green warehousing (GWH) with the main aim of exploring current green warehouse practice (GHP) in Malaysia and the factors affecting them. The relationship between government engagement, customer, supplier, manager, employee’s engagement, technology innovation and green warehouse practice has been analyzed. Data was gathered by survey methods. The survey was established for warehouse’s employees with superior or managerial position based in Malaysia. Quantitative methods used to emphasize the objective measurements and to identify how closed the relationship are. Data were analyzed using SPSS software in terms of inferential analysis. The key findings showed that the independent variables had a strong and significant relationship with the GWP.
Highlights
The concept of going green in the logistics and supply chain has a directly impact on the operation of the conventional warehouse as they should be transformed into a greener operation of with the environmental concern
The adoption of green warehousing (GWH) was identified based on the green initiatives of warehousing industry regarding to the efficiency in Malaysia
The survey was established for warehouse’s employees with superior or managerial position based in Malaysia in order to clarify the green initiatives or practices that implemented in their warehouse
Summary
The concept of going green in the logistics and supply chain has a directly impact on the operation of the conventional warehouse as they should be transformed into a greener operation of with the environmental concern. The researchers see the green logistics as part of the component in the green supply chain practice [1]. The green logistics is including few different processes and one of them is green warehousing [2]. According to Laari et al [3], green supply chain and logistics minimized the environmental impact by dealing with every possible activities involved, the one of these is warehousing. Plus, practicing the greener warehouse operation, it helps to protect the environment ethically and comply with reduction cost of operation in long run [3]. The optimization of warehouse practices toward environmental friendly might be seen to improve the efficiency as well as competitiveness of company [4]
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