GREEN PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS IN INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: A CASE STUDY MEDICINS DU MONDE IRAQ PROGRAM
Abstract
Purpose: Green supply chain management practice is a multi-dimension concept that is measured from different aspects. Green logistics, green manufacturing and green distribution are an important dimension of green supply chain management practices required by organizations to attain sustainability of supply chain processes. These practices ought to embrace internal environmental management, green information system, inventory recovery, and eco-design and customer cooperation. The main study objective was to determine green procurement management practices and sustainability of supply chain process in international non-governmental organizations a case study Medicins Du Monde Iraq Program with specific objectives being; to determine how supplier assessment affects the sustainability of supply chain processes and to establish how reverse logistics affect the sustainability of supply chain processes. The study main anchor theory is Sustainability Theory and reinforced by Institutional Theory.
Methodology: The research design adopted a descriptive research design. The study target populations were 450 employees at Medicins Du Monde Iraq Program and a sample size of 90 respondents was selected using stratified sampling. Questionnaires were used as the main data collection instruments that were pilot tested. The data were analyzed using SPSS software and descriptive statistics which included mean, percentages and standard deviation. The study adopted a correlation analysis (ANOVA). The data were presented using tables. Data were first coded and organized into concepts from which generalization was made of the entire population. The study established that supplier assessment and reverse logistics have a great influence on the green procurement management practices and sustainability of the supply chain process. The overall model was significant and implies that reverse logistics is significant in decisions for the green procurement management practices and sustainability of the supply chain process, and reverse logistics practices are capable of reducing customers' risk when purchasing a product and increase the customer value.
Conclusion: The study concluded that supplier assessment is significant in shaping the decisions for green procurement management practices and the sustainability of the supply chain process.
Recommendations: The recommendations are that the management at Medicins Du Monde Iraq Program should know that a strong supply chain is the backbone of a successful business. The management should closely work with suppliers, and reinforce their relationship with them, and the procurement department should regularly evaluate suppliers for efficiencies and growth.
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