Abstract
Research background:The global environment influences the behaviour of companies. This concerns the requirements for increasing number of products, product lines, brands, the need for market segmentation, consumer demand, innovations as well as the behaviour of consumers and suppliers including environmentally appropriate purchasing. The forest-based industries must respond to changes from the perspective of the globalization process by appropriate adaptation and, inter alia, to focus on the introduction of environmentally properly procurement. The integration of green purchasing principles into business systems is increasingly mentioned in the process of globalization of economies in connection with the huge potential for gaining a sustainable competitive advantage.Purpose of the article:The aim of the paper is to identify and analyze the factors affecting the implementation of environmentally friendly purchasing in the companies of forest-based sector in Slovakia.Methods:The reasons for implementing responsible practices in supply chains are based either on the stakeholder theory or the assumption that companies have a more proactive approach to implement sustainable purchasing practices as they are aware of the possible benefits. Using a questionnaire survey the companies operating in all sub-sectors of the forest-based industry - wood, pulp and paper and furniture manufacturing, including their suppliers of wood raw material in Slovakia, were questioned with the aim to identify the reasons for implementing sustainable purchasing practices.Findings & Value added:Data obtained are used to identify the factors that are crucial for the introduction of green purchasing in companies in dependence on the specific company characteristics and conditions of the market environment under which companies operate.
Highlights
Society perceives the negative effects of globalization on the environment and government policy representatives want to solve this issue
Based on the conducted questionnaire survey and evaluation of the collected data it will be possible to suggest measures for introducing green purchasing in the companies operating in the forest-based sector
The questionnaire survey revealed whether the companies in the sector have already encountered the concept of environmentally friendly purchasing or procurement, respectively (Figure 2)
Summary
Society perceives the negative effects of globalization on the environment and government policy representatives want to solve this issue. In response of the growing demand from interested parties on production conditions information, certification and labelling schemes, code of conduct, corporate reporting and more have emerged in the markets. These systems set quality, social or environmental standards and, in particular, have a high degree of coordination, tracking and monitoring of the supply chain. Zsidisin and Siferd (2001) defined green purchasing as a set of principles and methods, assuming completeness with regard to the environmental impact. Behaviour according to these principles is not mandatory, it is not defined by legal conditions, its implementation is based on voluntariness. The principles of CSR in the Slovak Republic are applied in global companies but increasingly in domestic companies (Nadanyiova et al, 2021)
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