Impact of Strategic Orientations on the Implementation of Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Sustainable Firm Performance

Md. Ahashan Habib, Yukun Bao, Nurun Nabi, Marzia Dulal, Asma Ansary Asha and Mazedul Islam
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Md. Ahashan Habib: Department of Textile Engineering Management, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh
Yukun Bao: Center for Modern Information Management, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Nurun Nabi: Department of Textile Engineering Management, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh
Marzia Dulal: Department of Textile Engineering Management, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh
Asma Ansary Asha: Department of Textile Engineering Management, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh
Mazedul Islam: Department of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: Ensuring sustainability through green supply chain management practices has become challenging for the textiles and garments industry. Organizations need to examine the factors of the firm’s sustainability performance and how to manage them strategically. Hence, the strategic organizational orientation can be the best approach for implementing green supply chain management (GSCM) practices to improve firm sustainability performance. This study aims to assess the impact of strategic orientation in three dimensions, such as green entrepreneurial orientation (GEO), market orientation (MO), and knowledge management orientation (KMO) on the implementation of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and the subsequently sustainable firm performance. Data were gathered from an extensive scale survey of 266 respondents of textile manufacturing firms in Bangladesh. Data were analyzed in the structural equation model (SEM) with partial least squares techniques to justify the proposed hypotheses. The results reveal that GEO and MO have a significant positive effect on GSCM practices, affecting sustainable firm performance. Surprisingly, KMO does not have a positive impact on GSCM practices. Further, this study reveals that GSCM practices partially mediate the relationship between GEO and sustainable firm performance while MO and KMO partially mediate the relationship between GEO and GSCM practices. Overall, findings help textiles firm management comprehensively understand the implementation strategies of GSCM practices in operations and reconfigure accordingly in the competitive business environment while improving firm performances. This study is the first to investigate the effect of strategic orientation on GSCM practices implementation in the textiles industry from the context of an upstream operation with a comprehensive understanding of the factors while reducing environmental impact.

Keywords: strategic orientation; green supply chain management; environmental performance; knowledge management; textile and garments industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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