Developing Integrated Green Supply Chain Drivers and Barriers Framework for Green Supply Chain Adoption, Mena Region

Recently, corporate environmental practice such as Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) and green innovation appears as a novel organized environmental practice for manufacturing companies to handle the increasing environmental issues. The aim of this paper is to assess the level of adoption of GSCM and green practices through proposing framework. A total of 123 responses from industrial sector of the Middle East companies were collected from mail questionnaire. The results showed industrial sector of the Middle East manufacturing companies are in trial adoption stage for both GSCM practices. Internal environmental management practice of GSCM practices are relatively high adopted in industrial sector. Meanwhile, most of all green innovation practices are heavily implemented in MENA region companies. This paper empirically attempts to provide understanding and new insights for sustainability management area where GSCM and green innovation practices are important to improve organizational environmental performance, which can directly offer great benefits for both researchers and practitioners.