Greening up in logistics: Managerial perceptions of small and medium-sized enterprises on sustainability in Zimbabwe

Hove-Sibanda, Progress; Sibanda, Kin; Mukarumbwa, Peter

doi:10.4102/td.v14i1.559

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“…However, these authors have studied green initiatives in logistics companies, which are only the first step towards green practices. A similar application of GL practices was found in the study conducted in Zimbabwe [45]. The study by these authors showed that only a small number of companies in the country are trying to practice green logistics, optimizing transport routes and improving fuel efficiency, as well as optimizing packaging, warehousing, and stock management.…”

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Green Logistics Practices Seeking Development of Sustainability: Evidence from Lithuanian Transportation and Logistics Companies

2021

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Reducing the harmful effects on the environment and increasing the expression of sustainable development principles is one of the most topical challenges all around the world. Given the importance of logistics for the economy and the growing concern for the environment, the purpose of this article was to reveal a green logistics (GL) practice framework for sustainable development. Based on a systematic and comparative analysis of the scientific literature, the authors present a theoretical conceptual model for applying GL practices to sustainable development. In order to assess the expression of GL practices and their determinants in Lithuanian transport and logistics services companies, a quantitative questionnaire survey was conducted. Descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression analyses were used to analyze the data. The results made it possible to identify GL areas such as green transportation, green warehousing, green management, sustainable waste management, and the prevailing GL practices in Lithuania: “Eco-driving”, “Optimization of transport routes”, and “Optimization of transport cargo distribution”. The factors that most encouraged the application of GL practices in the studied companies were: legal regulation and policies, requirements of business partners, service users, customers and society, awareness of the company’s top management, and corporate culture focused on environmental conservation and sustainable development.

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Green Logistics Practices Seeking Development of Sustainability: Evidence from Lithuanian Transportation and Logistics Companies

2021

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“…A similar view in the context of green solutions in SMEs is expressed by:(Mala, Musova 2015;Hove- Sibanda et al 2018;Ivanova 2020).…”

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“…Undoubtedly, one of the important impulses that gave rise to the development of the 'green logistics' concept was the development of the idea of sustainable development. To date, some authors believe that 'green logistics' is used to implement the assumptions of the concept of sustainable development (Rong 2011;Guirong et al 2012;Bajdor 2012;Kumar 2015;Hove-Sibanda et al 2018). This is due to the fact that the goals set for 'green logistics' fit into the goals of the concept of sustainable development, being a response to problems related to the degradation of the natural environment in the area of implemented logistics processes.…”

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Green Logistics: The Way to Environmental Sustainability of Logistics. Empirical Evidence from Polish SMEs

Zowada¹

2020

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The needs related to natural environment protection, which are accentuated both in world literature and practice, became the main prerequisite to find new management concepts enabling the development of solutions which are environmentally responsible and economically effective at the same time. One of the concepts which can be an answer for the requirements related to environment protection is the ‘green logistics’ concept. The literature review shows that publications referring to the development of ‘green logistics’ have so far focused primarily on the processes of implementation and development of ‘green logistics’ in large enterprises. In other words, the reviewed research studies didn’t take into account the specific nature of the SME sector, which is a very important factor considering its diversity and, most of all, its high significance and size in the economy. As a consequence, a research gap related to the development of ‘green logistics’ among small and medium-sized enterprises was identified. To explore the identified research gap, a survey among 200 SMEs running their businesses in Poland was conducted. On the basis of the conducted research, it was revealed that SMEs’ activities related to environment protection when running logistics processes are mostly determined by actual legal provisions. However, this amounts to enterprises reaching a certain minimum related to the state's environmental policy. On the other hand, it’s worth emphasising the role of the supply chain leader, which becomes a strong driving force for implementing ‘green’ solutions in the area of logistics for enterprises with higher levels of ‘green logistics’ development. The research results can be a starting point for creating a model illustrating the development of ‘green logistics’ in the SME sector. Keywords: green logistics, environmental sustainability, SME

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“…Perusahaan-perusahaan Kroasia merasakan manfaat terbesar dalam meningkatkan kesadaran lingkungan dan mencapai keberlanjutan, namun juga melihat harga yang mahal sebagai tantangan yang paling besar dalam penerapannya. Demikian pula, perusahaan di Zimbabwe, Sibanda et al (2018) dalam kajiannya juga menyadari aspek keuangan dari investasi awal, biaya operasional, dan biaya sertifikasi sebagai aspek yang paling menantang. Berbeda dengan perusahaan-perusahaan Kroasia, mereka menganggap kurangnya pengetahuan dan keterampilan pekerja sebagai hambatan terbesar, namun serupa dengan perusahaan-perusahaan Kroasia, mereka menganggap tidak tersedianya teknologi digital tertentu sebagai salah satu hambatan terbesar.…”

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Penerapan Konsep Green Marketing dalam Menghasilkan Produk yang Ramah Lingkungan: Sebuah Kajian Konseptual Sebagai Panduan Bagi Peneliti

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Muklhlis,

Zagladi

2023

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This study raises environmental and sustainability issues. This research consists of several parts. First, the literature review focuses on green marketing orientation. Second, the research model and propositions developed in this study are based on a literature review of previous studies, such as the relationship between green marketing orientation towards green innovation and green competitive advantage, the relationship between green innovation and green marketing performance and green competitive advantage, and the relationship between excellence. environmentally friendly competitive. Next, environmentally friendly marketing performance is explored and linked to environmentally friendly marketing performance. In the context of a green marketing orientation strategy, an important role of social marketing theory is that organizational awareness in producing environmentally friendly products is very important for building sustainable competitive advantages in the long term. Thus, this research also shows that environmentally friendly product innovation and environmentally friendly competitive advantages are important strategies for reducing environmentally friendly organizational behavior.

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Greening up in logistics: Managerial perceptions of small and medium-sized enterprises on sustainability in Zimbabwe

Cited by 9 publications

References 44 publications

Green Logistics Practices Seeking Development of Sustainability: Evidence from Lithuanian Transportation and Logistics Companies

Green Logistics Practices Seeking Development of Sustainability: Evidence from Lithuanian Transportation and Logistics Companies

Green Logistics: The Way to Environmental Sustainability of Logistics. Empirical Evidence from Polish SMEs

Penerapan Konsep Green Marketing dalam Menghasilkan Produk yang Ramah Lingkungan: Sebuah Kajian Konseptual Sebagai Panduan Bagi Peneliti

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