Green Purchasing
Research on factors of green purchasing practices of
Chinese
Green purchasing is a key strategy for enterprises to reduce waste and improve efficiency and enhance competitiveness. Based on the survey of 144 companies, five Principal components of green purchasing practices were extracted through factor analysis using SPSS statistic software. And then, regression analysis were conducted to verify the hypothesis, it drawed a conclusion on leaders’ support will boost the green purchasing practices and cost of environmental management will hinder the green purchasing practices of
Chinese enterprises.
Keywords: green purchasing, environment cost management, empirical study
Introduction
With the change of the social economic development level and market environment, enterprise competitive means have developed gradually from the quality competition, the service competition, the brand competition to the green competition. The export of our products is threatened by
"international green trade barriers" which directly affect our business competitiveness in the global market. In addition, customers increasingly incline to the environmentally friendly products due to a large number of unethical business practices in the consumer goods industry that have been exposed. Facing to a variety of competitive pressure from the external environment, our country’s enterprises must start the green transformation and management to the whole supply chain from purchasing raw materials to delivering the products to enhance its competitiveness by reducing the number of raw materials and waste, recovering , collecting, reusing, recycling and reprocessing the scrap and old product and packing.The company green purchasing which is the source of green transformation process is the key factors to carry out the green transformation (Min H and Galle P,1997).
Therefore, it is undoubtedly an important practical significance to develop green management of the
Chinese
Green purchasing is a key strategy for enterprises to reduce waste and improve efficiency and enhance competitiveness. Based on the survey of 144 companies, five Principal components of green purchasing practices were extracted through factor analysis using SPSS statistic software. And then, regression analysis were conducted to verify the hypothesis, it drawed a conclusion on leaders’ support will boost the green purchasing practices and cost of environmental management will hinder the green purchasing practices of
Chinese enterprises.
Keywords: green purchasing, environment cost management, empirical study
Introduction
With the change of the social economic development level and market environment, enterprise competitive means have developed gradually from the quality competition, the service competition, the brand competition to the green competition. The export of our products is threatened by
"international green trade barriers" which directly affect our business competitiveness in the global market. In addition, customers increasingly incline to the environmentally friendly products due to a large number of unethical business practices in the consumer goods industry that have been exposed. Facing to a variety of competitive pressure from the external environment, our country’s enterprises must start the green transformation and management to the whole supply chain from purchasing raw materials to delivering the products to enhance its competitiveness by reducing the number of raw materials and waste, recovering , collecting, reusing, recycling and reprocessing the scrap and old product and packing.The company green purchasing which is the source of green transformation process is the key factors to carry out the green transformation (Min H and Galle P,1997).
Therefore, it is undoubtedly an important practical significance to develop green management of the