Title :
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Drivers and Barriers of Green Manufacturing Practices: A Survey of Indian Industries
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Author :
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Ajay Singh, Bhim Singh, Ashwani K. Dhingra
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Journal name :
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IJMRS's International Journal of Engineering Sciences, ISSN 2277-9698
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Volume :
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Volume 01, Issue 01, Mar. 2012
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Keywords :
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Management (EM), Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Green Manufacturing (GM), Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM)
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Abstract :
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Through this study an effort has been made to identify various factors that act as “Drivers” and “Barriers” of green manufacturing practices from the extant literature. With the help of Identified drivers and barriers a structured questionnaire is prepared and a pilot study is performed to check the reliability and validity of the questionnaire. Questionnaire is mailed to about 55 Indian industries and after rigorous follow up 30 valid responses are received on a five point Likert’s scale. To assess the penetration of identified drivers and barriers of green manufacturing practices in Indian Industries descriptive statistics is calculated. The relation between drivers and barriers of green practices with green performance parameters is obtained with the help of correlation analysis and it is found that all the identified drivers are positively correlated with green performance parameters but all the barriers are negatively correlated with green performance parameters. Finally the results of this study are discussed with the practitioners working in the Indian industries and after discussion, it is concluded that the results of study represent the true scenarios of green practices in Indian industries.
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