INFLUENCE OF GREEN PROCUREMENT PRACTICE TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL FIRMS IN NAIROBI COUNTY
Abstract
In poor nations like Kenya, the application of green supply chain management (GSCM) strategies remains uncertain. The study aims to find out the influence of green procurement practice towards organizational performance of Textile and Apparel firms in Nairobi County. Cross sectional descriptive research design was used in this research. The target population of this study was 92 Textile and Apparel industries in Nairobi County. The respondents were one procurement manager and one finance managers making a total of 184 respondents. This study however conducted a census on all the 92 Textile and Apparel industries in Nairobi County without adopting a sampling technique. The research utilized descriptive statistical tools called SPSS version 26 to analyses data. The study performed a regression analysis to quantify the strength of the relationship between the two variables. The study found that there was a strong significant positive relationship between green procurement practice and organizational performance of Textile and Apparel firms in Nairobi County. Base on the study findings, it was recommended that the green supply chain management practices should be viewed as a core factor in every manufacturing firms in the twenty-first century. The study recommended that Kenyan Government, through NEMA should develop rules and regulations that make it a requirement for all manufacturing firms to adopt environmentally friendly practices in the entire supply chain.
Key Words: Green Procurement, Textile and Apparel, Supply Chain Management
CITATION: Omar, M. O., Kituku, G., & Kithinji, M. (2023). Influence of green procurement practice towards organizational performance of textile and apparel firms in Nairobi County. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 10 (2), 1258 – 1265.
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