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Barriers in implementing green supply chain management in construction industry

  • Authors: Ojo, Elizabeth , Mbowa, Charles , Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo
  • Date: 2014
  • Subjects: Green supply chain management , Construction industry - Nigeria
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5012 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13152
  • Description: Green supply chain management (GSCM) has become an antidote for sustainability in an industry. Despite the benefits of GSCM, there is a paucity of research investigated drivers and barriers of GSCM in Nigerian construction industry. Cost reduction, brand image development and gaining a competitive advantage were the main drivers which encouraged corporate to adopt GSCM practices. Lack of resources, supplier resistance to change and lack of awareness were found to be the main barriers militating against adoption of GSCM practices. This research is intending to identify drivers and barriers of GSCM practices adoption in Nigerian Construction firms. Using qualitative approach, 28 participants from both public and private constructions firms have been investigated through a questionnaire . The research depended on descriptive analysis to conclude results. Research analysis indicated that lack of public awareness, Lack of knowledge and environmental impacts, Poor commitment by the top management and Lack of legal enforcement and Government represented the main barriers facing adoption of GSCM practices in Nigerian construction firms. This research gives ways to firms seeking GSCM practices adoption in Nigerian construction firms.
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Green supply chain management in construction industries in South Africa and Nigeria

Sustainable supply chain management in construction firms

  • Authors: Ojo, Elizabeth , Mbohwa, Charles , Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo
  • Date: 2013
  • Subjects: Sustainability development. , Construction industry -Nigeria - Lagos , Construction industry - Environmental aspects , Supply chain management
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:4873 , ISBN 978-0-9566060-6-8 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12549
  • Description: Environmental change is happening everywhere. Turbulent weather patterns - heat waves, rains, snowfalls, hurricanes and stormy rains are becoming extreme in every sense throughout the world. These climatic changes are today a concern of every individual and world leader alike. The burning of oil and other fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, which rises, blankets the earth and traps heat causing severe changes in weather patterns. Not only do we have climate problems but we are also dealing with a resource depletion issue. The construction industry has a major impact on the environment because 50% of the material resources for construction are taken from nature. The huge consumption of resources by the construction industry has called for sustainable practices in construction. Sustainable supply chain provides economic, social and environmental requirements in material and service flows occurring between suppliers, manufacturers and customers. Sustainable development has taken the centre stage among different countries of the world. During the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, the governments and other international organizations decided to take useful measures to protect the environment for long term social and economic development. This paper aims at investigating the compliance of the construction industry to environmental regulations. In this paper, the construction industry of Lagos state in Nigeria was used as a case study.
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