Internal Green Supply Chain Management Research Articles

Sustaining the future: How green capabilities and digitalization drive sustainability in modern business

In recent years, the unprecedented growth in environmental vulnerabilities has made the firms realize the need for environmental protection. With this, the rapid surge for ecological preservation has made worldwide businesses divert their focus toward greener practices that ensure the firm’s financial and environmental performance. This study examines the relationships between green management strategies (green dynamic capabilities, internal green supply chain management and green technology adoption), and organizational outcomes, specifically environmental and financial performance. The data was collected from the 471 employees working in the manufacturing firms. Utilizing the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method via Smart-PLS, our findings show the importance of integrating green practices in supply chain management, dynamic capabilities, and technology adoption to enhance both environmental and financial outcomes under the moderating role of industry dynamism and green knowledge acquisition.

Financial Performance and Green Supply Chain Management in a South African National Electrical Energy Provider

Introduction: The body of literature on green supply chain management (GSCM) in various organisations has increased steadily. However, contextual literature on GSCM is still limited, such as within the electrical energy sector in developing countries such as South Africa. Purpose/objectives: The study examined the relationships between internal GSCM (IGSCM), customer monitoring (CM) and -supplier monitoring (SM), customer-supplier collaboration (CC, SC), and financial performance at Eskom Holdings, the national electrical energy provider in South Africa. Design/ Methodology: The study employed a quantitative approach design on a sample of 350 supply chain professionals drawn from various Eskom depots nationwide. Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling based on the SMART partial least squares (PLS) technique. Findings: IGSCM positively impacted customer and supplier monitoring and collaboration, linked to higher financial performance. However, IGSCM negatively impacted financial performance. Practical implications: To managers in the electrical energy sector, the study suggests that implementing IGSCM, SM, CM, CC, and SC activities is key in influencing the level of FP. Similarly, it is important to implement IGSCM activities in tandem with customer and supplier monitoring and collaboration if gains in FP are to be realised. Originality/Value: This study contributes to GSCM literature as it is one of the few studies that explore IGSCM, customer and supplier monitoring, customer-supplier collaboration, and financial performance within a South African national electrical energy provider.

The impact of sustainability‐oriented dynamic capabilities on firm growth: Investigating the green supply chain management and green political capabilities

AbstractBuilding on the dynamic capabilities literature and natural‐resource‐based view, the paper examines whether firms can attain sales growth through a range of sustainability‐oriented dynamic capabilities including (1) internal green supply chain management capabilities, (2) external green supply chain management capabilities and (3) green political capabilities. Based on a dataset of 277 public US firms between 2010 and 2020, a panel quantile model of firm growth showcases that while internal green supply chain capabilities and green political capabilities affect firms' growth performance positively, external green supply chain capabilities are associated with slower growth. Importantly, the results indicate that the positive growth effects of green political capabilities are short‐lived, while those of internal green supply chain capabilities are long‐lived. The study contributes to the sustainability‐oriented dynamic capabilities literature by showing that different capabilities have different implications for firm growth depending on the firm's base performance and the time periods under consideration.

Impact of green supply chain management and green human resource management practices on the sustainable performance of manufacturing firms in Pakistan.

Using the resource-based view theory, this paper explores the association between green human resource management and green supply chain management. Moreover, the collective impact of green human resource management and green supply chain management on the triple bottom lines (social, environmental, and economic performance) was tested. The current study employed a random sampling technique in evaluating data from 212 firms from the chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, textile, and food industries. Our main findings include the following. First, green human resource management positively influenced the triple bottom lines. Second, green supply chain management mediates green human resource management and triple bottom lines. Specifically, internal green supply chain management mediates green human resource management practices and sustainable performance. In contrast, external green supply chain management practices only mediate the relationship between green human resource management practices and the environmental and social perspective of sustainable performance. The study provides managerial implications and future recommendations.

Increasing Sustainable Performance Through Green Human Resource Management: The Role of Green Supply Chain Management and Corporate Social Responsibility

In this research, the effect of green human resource management (green performance management and compensation, green hiring and training involvement, and green human health) on sustainable performance (economic performance, social performance, and environmental performance) is investigated, and the mediating effects of green supply chain management (external green supply chain management and internal green supply chain management) and corporate social responsibility (external corporate social responsibility and internal corporate social responsibility) are explored. The issue addressed in this study is that firms pay little attention to their products, which results in limited advantages for stakeholders. The study’s originality has revealed the factors and offered remedies and tested a model of the variables influencing food enterprises in Vietnam. A total of 01 representative leaders are selected using a straightforward random sampling procedure to perform the empirical testing study by gathering data from a sample in each firm. A total of 449 food enterprises around the country received online survey questionnaires, which allowed the inclusion of enterprises at various management levels. The data were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM), the squared approach, and covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM; covariance-based SEM) via Amoss 22.0 software. According to the research findings, GHRM leads to long-lasting improvements in green supply chain management, corporate social responsibility, and products. When green human resource management positively affects products, green supply chain management positively affects goods, corporate social responsibility positively affects products, green supply chain management positively mediates the influence of green human resource management on products, and corporate social responsibility positively mediates the impact of green supply chain management on products’ sustainable performance effects. This study adds significant value to the current combination of green human resource management, green supply chain management, and corporate social responsibility since it is the first empirical study to examine the influence of green human resource management on goods through the mediating role of green supply chain management and the corporate social responsibility of food enterprises in Vietnam. This research responds to calls that have recently been made to look at the combined effect of both practices on triple bottom lines of sustainability performance. The limits of the current research, managerial implications, and potential future research areas were then reviewed.

Smart green supply chain management: a configurational approach to enhance green performance through digital transformation

Purpose While it is known that digital transformation facilitates data flow in supply chains, its importance on green supply chain management (GSCM) has not been investigated concisely. This paper aims to expand the theory of digital transformation in GSCM by investigating the interconnections between these concepts and providing an integrative view of a smart green supply chain management (Smart GSCM). Design/methodology/approach This adopts a configurational perspective on digital transformation and supply chain management (SCM) to investigate the different dimensions of Smart GSCM and their contribution to green performance. Therefore, this paper analyzes data from 473 manufacturing companies using regression techniques. Findings The results show how smart supply chain contributes to green performance through managing green relationships (external GSCM activities) and establishing green operations (internal GSCM activities). Furthermore, this paper finds partial mediating effects for external and internal GSCM activities on green performance. These findings show that smart supply chain (i.e. digital transformation strategy and front-end technologies, supported by several back-end technologies) is directly associated with higher levels of GSCM. It is specifically associated with one of the internal dimensions of green operations, namely, green purchasing activities. Hence, the findings suggest that digital transformation alone is insufficient to achieve green performance, needing a GSCM configuration to mediate this effect. Practical implications This study calls attention to how managers should integrate these at least three different perspectives of SCM: digital transformation, external relationships and internal operations to increase green performance. Originality/value As the main contribution, this study provides a configurational and holistic understanding of the different dimensions and mechanisms in Smart GSCM.

Green Supply Chain Management Implemented by Suppliers as Drivers for SMEs Environmental Growth with a Focus on the Restaurant Industry

This study was designed to better understand how restaurants can achieve effective environmental performance by focusing on their business relationships with suppliers that implement green supply chain management (GSCM). Restaurant suppliers’ GSCM was particularly assessed as a two-dimensional concept (external and internal) to explore if those two GSCM practices could possibly encourage restaurant ethical attitudes, thereby encouraging cooperative behaviors (‘joint action’, ‘information sharing’ and ‘flexibility in arrangement’) toward green suppliers. A total of 259 responses obtained from restaurant owners/managers were used for our analysis. Results revealed a significant effect of external GSCM on restaurant ethical attitudes, while internal GSCM was found to have no measurable effect. Further it was found that restaurant ethical attitudes facilitated cooperative behaviors toward green suppliers. More specifically, restaurant ‘information sharing’ and ‘flexibility in arrangement’ significantly improved their environmental performance; however, ‘joint action’ had no such effect. Based on our findings, several important theoretical and practical implications are proposed for restaurants to “go green” more effectively.

The relationship between big data analytics and green supply chain management by looking at the role of environmental orientation: Evidence from emerging economy

Academics and practitioners have become more interested in big data analytics (BDA) in recent years. There have been few empirical studies on the relationship between BDA and green supply chain management (GSCM), as well as the importance of environmental orientation (EO). A total of 128 responses from Jordanian industrial businesses were evaluated using the structural equation modeling method. The BDA, EO has a favorable and significant relationship with external and internal GSCM, according to the findings of this study. Furthermore, EO serves as a mediator between BDA and the external, and internal GSCM. The findings provide managerial insight into how to use BDA to establish a proactive environmental policy that covers all GSCM activities.

Impact of Organizations’ Internal Green Supply Chain Management on Consumers' Purchasing Behavior for Personal Care Products

Impact of Organizations’ Internal Green Supply Chain Management on Consumers' Purchasing Behavior for Personal Care Products

Study of Green Logistics Managing Potential and the Preparedness of Auto Parts Industries in Thailand

This study aims to study green logistics managing potential and the preparedness of auto parts industries in Thailand. The statistical analysis is to identify factors with confirmatory factor analysis; oneway ANOVA is used to define relative factors affecting green logistics development of auto parts industries in Thailand. It can predict the results using multinomial logit modeling. The study suggests that factors affecting green logistics managing potential and the preparedness of auto parts industries in Thailand are environmental operations, internal green supply chain management, and external green supply chain management.

Customers’ Driven Green Supply Management and Organization Performance

The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of various elements of customers’ driven green supply chain management such as internal green supply chain management, environmental collaboration with customers and environmental monitoring of suppliers over the environmental performance of an organization. For the purpose of this research, a survey was conducted in Karachi from the individuals involved in manufacturing and service providing industries. The survey was conducted using a questionnaire. The results indicated that all variables studied in this research including internal green supply chain management, environmental collaboration with customers’ and environmental monitoring of suppliers’ positively affect the overall environmental performance of a firm. An organization can enhance its environmental performance by effectively applying the strategies for green supply chain management. Green supply chain management has become a critical aspect in the current era as it has emerged as most vital attribute to sustainable environment.

Does Construct Multidimensionality Matter? A Nuanced Examination of the Relationship among Supply Chain Integration, Green Supply Chain Management, and Business Performance

Built on the idea that supply chain integration (SCI) and green supply chain management (GSCM) are both multidimensional constructs, this paper empirically investigates the impact of different dimensions of SCI on different practices of GSCM and the contribution of different practices of GSCM to business performance. The aim is to uncover the distinctive role of each dimension in achieving environmental sustainability along the supply chain. A conceptual model is proposed to link supplier and customer integration to both internal GSCM within the company and external GSCM with the suppliers as well as business performance. The study is based on a survey of Chinese manufacturing companies. The results show that integration with suppliers only supports external GSCM while integration with the customer supports both internal and external GSCM. It also finds that external GSCM has no positive relationship with business performance but supports internal GSCM, which positively influences companies’ business performance. The results suggest that considering construct multidimensionality brings the opportunity of closely scrutinizing the relationships between SCI, GSCM, and business performance. Different dimensions have different effects in achieving environmental sustainability by integrating different partners along the supply chain. The separation of internal and external GSCM and the exploration of the result of the multidimensionality of the proposed constructs may be contributions to this field. The implications of supporting a green supply chain are explored.

The Impact of Implementing External and Internal GSCM Practices on Organizational Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in Palestine

Provided that green supply chain management (GSCM) practices that integrate ecological thinking have been emphasized by increasing works of research, the impacts that may be posed by these practices on the environmental sustainability of manufacturing companies are not unexpected. Nevertheless, GSCM is capable of improving the performance of manufacturing firms in various aspects. Pertaining to this, this research aims to explore the application of GSCM practices and the effects they pose on organizational performance. To be specific, in this study, the results of the application of a set of internal and external GSCM practices on various aspects of organizational performance were investigated. Furthermore, according to the data collected, which were from 121 food, pharmaceuticals survey questionnaires, and chemical manufacturing companies in Palestine, statistical analyses were conducted. Moreover, partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was utilized for the assessment of the hypotheses associated with the application of the internal and external GSCM practices and organizational performance. However, the findings of this research will be important specifically for the manufacturing organizations which aim for the enhancement of their organizational performance.

Green human resource management and environmental cooperation: An ability-motivation-opportunity and contingency perspective

This study examines the value of green human resource management (GHRM) in supporting environmental cooperation with customers and suppliers, and the moderating roles of internal green supply chain management (GSCM). A survey of 126 automobile manufacturers in China is analysed using moderated regression analysis, based on a proposed conceptual model grounded in ability–motivation–opportunity (AMO) theory and contingency theory (CT). The results reveal that GHRM is significantly and positively related to environmental cooperation with customers and suppliers, and that the relationships are significantly moderated by internal GSCM. HRM practitioners are advised to develop GHRM practices that provide training (ability), incentive (motivation), and conductive environment (opportunity) to help implement environmental collaboration, while SCM practitioners may improve internal GSCM to strengthen the effects of GHRM. This study clarifies key GHRM practices that contribute to GSCM, and advances related research by developing and testing an overarching model to explain such synergies and the moderating role of internal GSCM.

Coercive Pressures, Internal Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Environmental Performance: Empirical Evidence from Manufacturing Companies of Peru

This empirical study of manufacturing companies from Peru investigates the relationship between coercive pressures and internal green supply chain management practices (internal environmental management and eco-design), as well as the relationship of these practices with the environmental performance. This paper has used a sample of 133 manufacturing companies, the data was analyzed through partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The statistical results show that coercive pressures influence the adoption of internal environmental management and eco-design and that environmental performance is positively related to the adoption of internal environmental management but not with eco-design. Finally, the conclusion and future research is discussed.

The impact of green human resource management and green supply chain management practices on sustainable performance: An empirical study

This study aims at investigating the linkage between green human resource management bundle practices and green supply chain management (i.e. external and internal practices), as well as their impact on the Triple Bottom Lines of sustainability performance (i.e. environmental, social, and economic performance). A quantitative method is applied in which data is collected from a customized survey with 121 firms functioning in the most pollutant manufacturing sectors (i.e. food, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors) in Palestine. The data analysis was conducted using the partial least squares structural equation modeling. The results from data analysis show that both of green human resource management and green supply chain management practices have a positive effect to sustainable performance in a joint manner. In fact, the results revealed that green human resource management practices have a direct effect on the sustainable performance, with the green supply chain management practices mediating this effect. In particular, internal green supply chain management practices positively mediate between green human resources management practices and sustainable performance, whereas external green supply chain management practices mediate only the relationship between GHRM bundle practices and environmental dimension of sustainable performance, thus suggesting absence of awareness among manufacturers regarding the effectiveness of this type of GSCM practices for an improved economic and social dimensions of sustainable performance, and calling for more attention from green training programs. This study is considered as the first empirical study exploring the impact of green human resource management and green supply chain management on components of sustainable performance in Palestine, adding great value to the current green human resource management-green supply chain management literature via responding to recent calls to test the combined impact of both practices on TBL of sustainability performance. At the end, the theoretical and managerial implications, limitations of the current study and future research directions have been discussed.

Institutional Pressures, Green Supply Chain Management Practices on Environmental and Economic Performance: A Two Theory View

The adoption of green practices within and outside organizational boundaries is imperative to ascertain environmental and economic performance goals. This article examined whether internal and external green supply chain management (GSCM) practices have the same or different kinds of regulatory, market, or competitive pressures. We employed institutional theory to identify different kinds of pressures, and resource dependence theory to explore the impact of internal and external GSCM practices on performance. An empirical study was conducted by collecting data through a structured questionnaire administered in Pakistan to the executives in the manufacturing industry. A total of 207 responses were used for data analysis by employing the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method. Normative pressures were found to be the most significant in both internal and external GSCM practices, while coercive and mimetic pressures positively affected internal and external GSCM practices, respectively. Internal GSCM practices proved to be more significant in improving environmental performance, and also had a substantial impact on external GSCM practices. In contrast, External GSCM practices had a significant positive effect on economic performance, while environmental performance also contributed to improving economic performance. The theoretical and managerial implications are discussed for academics, policymakers, and industry practitioners.

The effects of the internal Green Supply Chain Management on the external Green Supply Chain Management and environmental performance

This research aims to examine the relationship among the internal green supply chain management (environmental management capability and green product design), the external green supply chain management (green purchase and cooperative relationship) and environmental performance. Data was collected from a questionnaire survey of 247 firms that participated in the Green Partnership Program of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology. Based on a valid 155 responses, we test hypotheses using Structural Equation Model (SEM) method.BR Empirical results show that internal green supply chain management (environmental management capability and green product design) appear to facilitate the external green supply chain management (green purchase and cooperative relationship) at a significant level as expected. The external green supply chain management (green purchase and cooperative relationship) appear to mediate the relationship between internal GSCM practices and the environmental performance.

Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

Drawing from the research of green supply chain management and corporate social responsibility, this research proposes a hierarchical structure of sustainable supply chain management and develops a multi-item measurement scale to reflect the specific management practices of sustainable supply chain management. In this research, sustainable supply chain management is operationalised as a third-order factor reflected by three second-order factors, namely external green supply chain management, internal green supply chain management and corporate social responsibility. Utilising a rigorous, multi-step scale development method and data from 293 Chinese manufacturers, this research validates a 31-item measurement scale and approves the proposed third-order structure. The results confirm the multidimensionality of sustainable supply chain management, which suggests that it is necessary for the future researches to consider both environmental and social aspects. The valid measurement scales provide managers with a “to do list” to make the specific business decisions to achieve sustainable development in the supply chain.

Firm performance and customer-driven green supply chain management

The aim of this study is to identify the direct and indirect relationships between customer-driven green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and environmental and financial performance in manufacturing. Partial least squares methodology is used to test the hypotheses on a sample of 119 Finnish manufacturing firms. Contrary to the predominant view of internal GSCM practices being a precursor of all external activities, this article suggests that customer requirements are an important driver to implement internal GSCM practices. The findings confirm that manufacturers can respond to customer pressure by transferring environmental requirements upstream in the supply chain, either by collaborating or monitoring the suppliers' environmental performance. Environmental monitoring is found to be an enabler of environmental collaboration. Furthermore, performance outcomes of GSCM appear to depend on the type of practice. The results indicate that manufacturers with strong internal GSCM practices combined with arm's length environmental monitoring of suppliers are likely to perform well in environmental issues. If a firm seeks to improve financial performance, it needs to form more collaborative relationships with customers to achieve environmental goals.