Green Supply Chain Management: The Effect of Procurement Sustainability on Reverse Logistics

Nataliia Letunovska, Felix Amoako Offei, Prince Amoh Junior, Oleksii Lyulyov, Tetyana Pimonenko and Aleksy Kwilinski
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Nataliia Letunovska: Department of Marketing, Sumy State University, 2, Rimskoho-Korsakova St., 40007 Sumy, Ukraine
Felix Amoako Offei: Academic and Research Institute of Business, Economics and Management, Sumy State University, 2, Rimskoho-Korsakova St., 40007 Sumy, Ukraine
Prince Amoh Junior: Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Business School, Kumasi AK-385-1973, Ghana
Tetyana Pimonenko: Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland
Aleksy Kwilinski: Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland

Logistics, 2023, vol. 7, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: Background : Sustainable procurement is about considering social and environmental factors alongside financial factors in making procurement decisions and purchasing goods and services that take into account the social, economic, and environmental impact that such purchasing has on people and communities. This study was carried out to address the effects of procurement sustainability on reverse logistics. It considered four objectives: to establish the relationship between environmental procurement sustainability and reverse logistics, to examine the relationship between economic procurement sustainability and reverse logistics, to examine the relationship between social sustainability procurement and reverse logistics, and to examine the moderating role of government policy. Methods : This study applied structural equation modeling to check the research hypotheses. A purposive sampling technique was used. A structured questionnaire was used to gather primary data. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis. The data were analyzed in SPSS version 21. The study found that environmental, economic, and social procurement sustainability has a significant and positive effect on reverse logistics. Government policy moderates the relationships between environmental, economic, and social procurement sustainability and reverse logistics. Conclusions : This study recommends that organizations team up with environmental protection agencies to produce environmentally friendly products. Social interventions that can help protect society from damage should be acknowledged. Good economic policies that ensure that organizations increase their wealth should also be acknowledged.

Keywords: government policy; green product; healthy economy; environment; well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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