The role of green supply chain management practices on the operational performance with organization culture as a moderator. A study of the manufacturing sector of Pakistan

Abstract

This research primarily investigates the impact of Green supply chain management practices on the operational performance of manufacturing sector in Pakistan in the presence of organization culture as a moderator and how it impacts it, Green procurement, Green manufacturing and Eco design were identified as dimensions and the most prevalent GSCM practices as per previous research articles and papers, it also investigates the separate impacts of GSCM and organization culture on performance in terms of operations. A deductive approach was used in this and cross-sectional data was retrieved from 333 participants from different companies involving manufacturing in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. It was distributed through google forms to individuals of manufacturing companies located around Rawalpindi and Islamabad. SmartPLS4 and SPSS were used to perform the tests for respective hypothesis and it was concluded that GSCM in fact does positively impact the operational metrics of companies and organization culture also positively impacts operational performance whilst not moderating the relationship there indicating more approaches that can be used to further explore this relationship, empirical findings and a qualitative approach could result in more concrete and clear findings.

Keywords: Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), Green procurement (GP), Green Manufacturing (GM), Eco Design (ED), Organization Culture (OC) and Operational performance (OP)