Impact of sustainable supply chain management practices on environment performance: the moderating role of dynamic capability

No Thumbnail Available
Date
2023
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
KNUST
Abstract
The Agenda 2030 influx and the Paris Accord on Climate Change have led to upscale of research into Sustainable Development with emphasis on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM). The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of sustainable supply chain management practices on environment performance and the moderating role of dynamic capability with a focus on manufacturing companies in the Accra metropolis of Ghana. The study adopted both a descriptive and explanatory research designs. The study adopted structured questionnaire. SPSS version 26 was used to perform the statistical analyses. Specifically, correlation, regression, mean and standard deviations analyses were performed. The results indicated that, sustainable supply chain management practices had significant effect on environmental performance. The results also indicated that, dynamic capability had significant effect on environmental performance. Moreover, the results indicated that, dynamic capability significantly moderate the relationship between sustainable supply chain management practices and environmental performance. The study conclude that sustainable supply chain management practices and dynamic capability significantly predict environmental performance. The study recommends that, for effective sustainable supply chain management practices, management should encourage effective internal environmental management practices such as cross-functional collaboration for environmental improvement. Also, there should be regular inspections and maintenance of environmental protection facilities and equipment. The management should also encourage eco-designing; thus, they should use life cycle analysis to evaluate the environmental friendliness of products. There should as well be establishment of recycling system for waste products. Moreover, the managers should promote green purchasing, thus, they should select their suppliers using the environmental criteria.
Description
A thesis submitted to the department of supply chain and information systems in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of master of science procurement and supply chain management
Keywords
Citation