Creating Innovation in Achieving Sustainability: Halal-Friendly Sustainable Port

Abstract

The expansion of liberalized trade has forced companies to consider the global market demand to stay competitive. Hence, ports have started to embrace sustainability practices in their activities throughout port operations. Various research has suggested that there is more innovation when sustainability is adopted as an integral part of their business activities. This study established a halal-friendly sustainable port concept and its implementation in meeting the objectives of sustainability practices to boost innovation. To embed sustainability within port organizations, it is vital to create an organizational culture that supports innovation and integrative thinking. Based on the qualitative data obtained from 38 port stakeholders in the southern of Malaysia, the respondents supported a halal-friendly sustainable port as a potential innovation in meeting the objectives of the sustainable practices. Four components that were found crucial for the proposed framework reflect the novelty of the research and its successful implementation.

Shift of Trend of Research Topic of Global Halal Food and Blockchain And Where They Are The Most Popular

“…It could be means that the direction of the enterprise which depend on the digitalization were the popular topc in papers published in journals indexed by Web of Science. According to the study condcuted by (Jaafar, Abd Aziz, Ahmad, & Faisol, 2021), the increasing use of digital technology is one of the determinants of the development of the halal industry. Digital technology has enabled halal companies to reach more consumers, increase operational efficiency and improve the quality of their products.…”

Digital Technology 4.0 on Halal Supply Chain: A Systematic Review

“…Halal procurement involves obtaining goods and resources in compliance with Islamic law, ensuring the halal product's integrity throughout the supply chain [2]. It includes sourcing halal-compliant inputs, by-products, and resources, extending beyond raw materials and production to encompass the entire supply chain, including distribution and logistics [2,106,107]. The concept has evolved due to growing awareness, emphasizing the need for organizations to establish a robust procurement function aligned with Islamic values [108].…”

Development of Halal-Friendly Port: A Link to Sustainable Practice

“…The goal of this study is to present a further identification of the halal critical point in the port particularly in the operation taking account of the previous study on the halal port by Jaafar et al (2021) and to propose a refined framework for halal handling in containerisation operation.…”

“…According to UNCTAD (1999), ports are now regarded as a 'service centre', as they incorporate integration of a transport network, value-adding services such as transport consolidation, product mixture, or cross-docking activities as well as a networking place for stakeholders within various supply chains to meet (Stank et al, 2001;Paixao & Marlow, 2003). This will entice more shippers due to the ports' modern and dynamic roles in enhancing port efficiency which can have a positive effect on the local economy, helping port authorities, service providers, customers, and other port stakeholders (Jaafar et al, 2021).…”

“…Yeo et al suggested that "failure or unreliability of port services can significantly influence port customers." According to Cheon & Deakin (2010), Seuring & Muller (2008); Dinwoodie et al (2012), (as cited in Jaafar et al, 2021), various research related to the sustainable development of ports provide a broad spectrum in the development of ports strategies, practice implementation, policies, procedures, and activities to manage sustainability issues. It is even more complex to address the sustainability issues specific to economic, social, and environmental performance measures.…”