Assessment of Environmental Performances of Small and Medium Scale Indian Industries in the context of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM)

Abstract

Abstract GSCM is extremely important for recent manufacturing systems. In an environmentally awaken atmosphere GSCM has an indispensible role to play to reduce the carbon foot print of different manufacturing operations. In the Indian context, the small and medium scale enterprises are unaware of environment friendly supply chain operations. Therefore there is an urgent need to develop a scale for implementing GSCM practices in those manufacturing domain. The objective of this paper is to investigate in formulating a widely acceptable scale for evaluation of green supply chain (GSC) system practices among those manufacturers. On the basis of the data collected from 119 Indian enterprises, measurement models of GSCM practices were evaluated. The assessments are done though the questionnaire from Small and Medium size enterprises (SMEs). Role of environmental performance in the green supply chain system for those enterprises is critically analyzed in this work. Conclusive strategies of this attempt will enable those manufacturers to perform effectively in dealing with GSCM issues.