Nagendra KumarSahu
Dr. AC Shukla
Abstract
In recent times much emphasis is being given to environmental pollution and ecological damage caused by the modern methods of production of goods in large scale Industries. Government and corporate bodies have now started to look into the matter seriously. This paper aims to locate and recognize various factors responsible for the environmentally responsive and socially conscious supply chain management in various industries in India. For this data has been collected from 35 various industries in Pithampur area of Central India in the form of structured questionnaire. Being a new approach to supply chain management most of the industries are in early stage of adoption. This paper might serve as a guiding tool for future managers in implementing environmental issues across the supply chain organization to achieve competitive edge.
Keywords- Environment responsiveness, Green coefficient, Supply chain management (SCM), Likert scale, Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS)