Effect of Environmental Management Practices and Sustainability on Some Selected Manufacturing Firms in South East Nigeria

Joseph Obamen, Solomon Omonona, Olabanji Oni and Olamide Felix Ohunyeye
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Joseph Obamen: Management Department, University of Nigeria, Enugu 400213, Nigeria
Solomon Omonona: Business Management Department, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa
Olabanji Oni: Business Management Department, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa
Olamide Felix Ohunyeye: Management Department, University of Nigeria, Enugu 400213, Nigeria

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 18, 1-16

Abstract: The manufacturing sector in South East Nigeria has many challenges concerning the incorporation of sustainability into the corporate strategies and operations of the industry, given its extractive nature and the numerous social and environmental impacts related to production activity. Attaining organizational sustainability requires the implementation of environmental management practice tools that create long-term value by embracing opportunities and managing risks derived from economic, environmental, and social developments. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of environmental management practice tools on the sustainability of manufacturing organizations. The goal of the study was to determine the relationship between environmental management practice tools and sustainability. A survey design was used for this study. A total of 363 questionnaires were distributed to the employees of the manufacturing firms, which included managers, supervisors, and line staff. The data collected were analyzed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Primarily, the study established that environmental management practice tools were significantly and positively related to sustainability. Thus, the study concluded that environmental management practice tools contribute significantly and positively to firms’ social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Additionally, the result of this study underlines the significance to manufacturing firms of carrying out environmental management practices. The ramifications are that manufacturing firms attempting to assert sustainability through EMP should have related knowledge with EMP. Furthermore, their environmental advantages will not convert into sustainability. The study adds to the body of knowledge by giving experimental pieces of proof identifying the interrelationships between EMP and sustainability.

Keywords: environmental management practices; environmental management practice tools; manufacturing sustainability (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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