Green Drivers and Green Manufacturing Practices Integration in Agro Processing Industry: Moderating Effect of Sustainability Orientation

William Gyasi-Mensah ,Hu Xuhua

doi:10.7176/jesd/12-12-03

Abstract

Developing a balance between manufacturing and ecological preservation is considered a major issue in every society and so attention must be paid to this relationship to protect plant, animal and human lives. Pressure for manufacturing firms to become green has risen greatly. Green manufacturing has been encouraged, practiced and researched for years but mostly in developed nations, but low in developing countries. This is a follow up study on a previous one conducted by the authors on the direct effects of green drivers on green practices, and this current one aims at the moderating role of sustainability orientation on the effects of driving factors on green practices in Ghana. Analysis was done using structural equation modeling (SEM). Evidently, sustainability orientation (SUO) moderated significantly between driving factors and green design practices, green purchasing practices and green promotion/selling. Green design practices adoption was facilitated most by SUO. Green management practices and green logistics practices were not moderated by SUO. Outcomes of this work could serve as a guide towards decision making by industry actors and government of Ghana on policy formulation and better processes for integrating green practices, not just in the agro processing industry but all others with activities of possible damage to the environment. Keywords: Green drivers, green practices, agro processing, sustainability orientation DOI: 10.7176/JESD/12-12-03 Publication date: June 30 th 2021

Highlights

Over the few recent years issues of environmental safety have become a subject of concern for policy makers and industry actors across the world
We propose that: H1a: Sustainability orientation significantly moderates the adoption of: Green management practices H1b: Sustainability orientation significantly moderates the adoption of: Green design practices H1c: Sustainability orientation significantly moderates the adoption of: Green purchasing practices H1d: Sustainability orientation significantly moderates the adoption of: Green promotion/selling H1e: Sustainability orientation significantly moderates the adoption of: Green logistics practices
The findings in this study shows that sustainability orientation (SUO) could not establish a good relationship between green driving factors and green practices

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Introduction

Over the few recent years issues of environmental safety have become a subject of concern for policy makers and industry actors across the world. As countries seek to industrialize, manufacturing cannot be underestimated for its benefits such as potential creation of employment and wealth (Thurner and Roud, 2016; Seth et al, 2018) Achieving any of these benefits can be challenging if policy makers and industry players fail to implement long term eco-friendly initiatives through methods such as green manufacturing (Wang and Sarkis, 2017; Moktadir et al, 2018). These approaches to green the manufacturing process can arise from activities aimed at resource reduction, minimizing waste and less generation of toxins into the environment. Business enterprises of different sizes have recently facing compelling pressure from various stakeholders to integrate eco-friendly attitude in their businesses (Amankwah-Amoah and Syllias, 2019)

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