Factorising Green Practices Items

  • Authors

    • Maryam Jamilah Asha’ari
    • Salina Daud
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.35.29455
  • Green practices, sustainable business, chemical manufacturing company

  • Abstract

    Green practices support Malaysia Government to become an advanced economy by accomplishing it in a resilient, low-carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive manner. Many businesses especially manufacturing companies aim to achieve a sustainable business which can be achieved by successful implementation of green practices. This study aims to establish the green practices dimensions which focus on chemical manufacturing company. Questionnaires were distributed to the employees from middle to top level management in chemical manufacturing company. This study used multistage sampling technique and the data was analysed using partial least square (PLS), SmartPLS version 3. The findings shows that the nine dimensions of green practices which are waste management, sustainable resource management, sustainable design, cleaner production and resource efficiency, sustainable transport, eco-labelling, sustainable procurement, sustainable marketing and sustainable lifestyles are confirmed. It was found that all of the dimensions have AVE value higher than 0.5, composite reliability higher than 0.7 and loading higher than 0.7.

     

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    Jamilah Asha’ari, M., & Daud, S. (2018). Factorising Green Practices Items. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3.35), 245-248. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.35.29455

    Received date: 2019-06-09

    Accepted date: 2019-06-09