Green capabilities and green purchasing practices: A strategy striving towards sustainable operations

Abstract

Increasing businesses adverse operations and unsustainable practices are causing rise in environmental concerns. The adoption of green capabilities could be a promising step that can ease environmental problems and achieve green ideology in businesses. In the current study, green capabilities and green purchasing practices were critically theorized and a theoretical framework was developed to address the sustainability problems in supply chain. The data were collected from manufacturing firms located in emerging countries and covariance‐based structural equation modeling (CB‐SEM) was utilized for the testing of hypotheses. The findings indicate that green capabilities have a crucial role in adoption of green purchasing practices. Also, the results elucidate that green purchasing practices have a positive effect on economic and environmental performance while having insignificant effect on social performance. The current research work provides guidelines that help practitioners and academicians comprehend the structure and concept of green purchasing practices in industrialized manufacturing firms distinctly.

Nexuses between crude oil imports, renewable energy, transport services, and technological innovation: a fresh insight from Germany

“…They observed that crude oil affected the transportation sector positively, meanwhile consuming 33% of all energy in the EU. Khan et al ( 2022a ) claimed that the utilization of oil as an integral substance seems to be directly or indirectly linked to all modes of transportation, including roadways, airplanes, and shipping. However, the expansion of all modes of transportation could lead to an increase in crude oil consumption.…”

“…Dependence on crude oil products contaminates the environment, generates a high amount of CO 2 , and has harmful effects on urban residents (Kanaboshi et al 2021 ). Besides, crude oil contributes to pollution in the form of toxic gases and hazardous waste, which would then be emitted into the atmosphere (Khan et al 2022a ). The CO 2 emissions are inversely proportional to crude oil consumption.…”

“…The transport sector accounts for 20% of the world’s energy users (Capuano 2018 ). All the means of transportation, including roads, aviation, and shipping, are directly or indirectly linked with oil consumption as an integral substance (Khan et al 2022a ). Besides, in 2045, the contribution of transportation fuels, i.e., gasoline and diesel, is projected to remain the leading consumed product for 109 mills.…”

“…Usage of energy has a positive correlation with CO 2 emission; however, the substance of clean energy reduces the level of CO 2 emission (Chen et al 2020 ). These stimulate pollutant in the form of toxic emission and produce hazardous waste that is released into the atmosphere (Khan et al 2022a ).…”

“…All the available literature so far have studied crude oil production, consumption, and its effect on the environment (Janssens-Maenhout et al 2017 ; Khan et al 2022a ; Kanaboshi et al 2021 ; Khan et al 2022b ; Khan et al 2021c ; Lin and Yousaf 2020 ; Khan et al 2021b ; Magazzino et al 2020 ). But how can the policymakers make a strategic decision while keeping in mind the heightened trend of crude oil trade and its usage for mobilizing economic activities that ultimately industrialized the product while using the renewable energy alternatives?…”