The role of green logistics management practices, supply chain traceability and logistics ecocentricity in sustainability performance

Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah; Ebenezer Afum; Innocent Senyo Kwasi  Acquah; Essel Dacosta; Charles  Baah; Esther Ahenkorah

doi:10.1108/IJLM-05-2020-0187

The role of green logistics management practices, supply chain traceability and logistics ecocentricity in sustainability performance

Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Ebenezer Afum, Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah, Essel Dacosta, Charles Baah, Esther Ahenkorah

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Abstract

Purpose: The priority giving to green practices in today's competitive market has made green logistics management practices (GLMPS) a significant driver of organizational performance. The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of GLMPS, logistics ecocentricity and supply chain traceability on sustainability performance.

Design/methodology/approach: The study uses structured questionnaires to gather data from 274 managers of manufacturing firms in Ghana. The partial least square structural equation modeling approach is used to analyze the data to test the proposed hypotheses.

Findings: The results obtained from the analysis indicate that GLMPS positively influence social sustainability and environmental sustainability. However, GLMPS negatively influence business performance. The results further reveal that logistics ecocentricity and supply chain traceability augment GLMPS to achieve significant improvement in both business performance and environmental sustainability through the mediation effect approach.

Originality/value: The study proposes a conceptual framework that tests the combined effect of GLMPs, logistics ecocentricity and supply chain traceability on environmental sustainability, social sustainability and business performance from the Ghanaian perspective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	538-566
Number of pages	29
Journal	International Journal of Logistics Management
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-05-2020-0187
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Green logistics management practices
Logistics ecocentricity
Supply chain traceability
Environmental sustainability
Social sustainability
Business performance
Ghana

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