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The present case study-based research provides insights of the current packaging practices with a supply chain perspective and proposed sustainable packaging options that would cut down the environmental impact from supply chain operations at Midas Safety. The case study is based on qualitative research that used semi-structured open-ended interviews and observations to understand the current processes of the packaging and supply chain department of Midas Safety and how they are planning to adapt sustainability to their processes. Considering the current packaging practices, the study aimed to develop improved sustainable packaging practices with a supply chain aspect in order to cut down the negative environmental aspect such as standardization in packaging for all customers, elimination of wood pallets, developing local suppliers, change in packaging design, making the packaging more compact and lightweight, reducing carbon footprint and fuel consumption by encouraging trade through sea instead of air. The results concluded that internal factors such as alternate packaging material (like Mondi’s Aegispaper, Arjowiggins’ and Corrugated Bubble Wrap) along with the suggested sustainable packaging practices discussed above and external factors such as availability of local vendors are important requirements for successful sustainable packaging development.

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This work proposed a business administration strategy for risk management in the activities of universities. Comprising description of actions from recognizing real and potential risks. Data set have been collected and configured to analyze and process several university unites based on a set of criteria that have been developed and tested. The application of the proposed solution will enable the HEI for forecasting and quantitative measurement of risks related to university activities. Aimed at preventing the occurrence of education risks through a clear description of procedures and mechanisms of risk management. The developed university criteria’s could be used as a standard for institutions to evaluate their risk management system. The proposed approach could improve risk management in education institutions by 24%. The real-world innovation of this work involves theoretical and methodological development of conceptual requirements for improving the management processes at universities, based on the application of risk management methods.