TITLE:
Driving Forces towards the Adoption of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices: Empirical Evidence from Manufacturing Industries in Ethiopia
AUTHORS:
Assefa Balda, Rajwinder Singh
KEYWORDS:
Sustainability, Supply Chain, SSCM Practices, Driving Forces, Manufacturing, Ethiopia
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.12 No.3,
March
31,
2022
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to identify the major
driving forces and to examine their effect on SSCM practices. Both inferential
and descriptive research designs were used
for this paper. The sample firms were selected by a proportional
stratified sampling technique and from each sample firm, three respondents were
selected purposively. Accordingly, valid data were collected via questionnaires
from 420 respondents of 146 large-scale manufacturing firms. The findings
signified that the major internal driving forces are social responsibility,
interest to manage reputation and environmental-related risk, and desire to cut
down costs, whereas; pressure from customers, government regulation and legislation, pressures from
competitors, and international standards are the major external driving
forces. Both internal and external driving forces have a positive and
significant effect on SSCM practices. Among SSCM practices, sustainable packing
practices were found highly adopted by large-scale manufacturing firms in
Ethiopia.