Assessing the practice of green procurement in Coca-Cola Company limited
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2021-07-13
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Abstract
The prominence of green sourcing is driven by various key factors being the
increasing corrosion of the environment, reduction of raw materials, neglected waste
sites and the rise in levels of environmental pollution. There are several studies on
impact of green purchasing to supplier’s performance and involvement in the green
strategies by companies and found that the link between GP and supplier performance
is supported by green supplier development. However, these studies are
predominantly in developed countries therefore, the current study seeks to assess
green procurement practices in Coca-Cola Company Limited. This study uses survey
research design and a quantitative research approach. The target population for this
study was all employers in procurement department of Coca-Cola Company limited.
In the study, the researcher adopted random sampling technique in administrating the
questionnaires. This was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS) software and MS excel. The study revealed that green procurement plays a
very important role at the establishment by way of reduction of waste procurement,
reduces lead-time and cycle time. It further revealed that, green procurement has
generated knowledge of the environmental impacts on products and services, from the
responses of the respondents. Also, there is little awareness of the presence of green
procurement policies in the organization which requires further management
attention. It can be concluded based on the findings that Coca-Cola has not really
made any great impact or significant improvement embracing the sustainability of
Green Procurement into consideration. Also, Coca-Cola take Green procurement
more seriously and invest more into it, it will help bring out the potential challenges
existing in its practice and work towards helping improve its sustainability.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and
Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in
partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Award Degree of
Master of Science in Procurement Management.
Keywords
Green sourcing, Environmental pollution, Supplier performance, Green strategies, Sustainability