International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations ISSN 2348-7585 (Online) Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp: (995-1000), Month: October 2019 - March 2020, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Study on the Green Supply Chain Practices of Textile Industries in India 1
Anushka Bhattacharya, 2Haripriya Vallabhaneni MBA – International business School of business studies and social sciences Christ (Deemed to be University)
Abstract: Green Supply Chain is a practice adopted by organizations to become sustainable from the source till the product is delivered to the customer. The objective of the study is to determine the practices adopted by the textile industry to implement green supply chain as well as the barriers to it. The paper also aims at finding out the effectiveness of the green supply chain practices adopted the companies. For the purpose of the study, responses were collected from 10 textile oriented businesses in India. The study concludes that recycling of returned products or scrap material, Reduce energy consumption in manufacturing and buildings, and Eliminate/Reduce or repurpose manufacturing waste are some of the practices adopted by companies to implement green supply chain and the challenges faced by most of the organizations are high cost of environment friendly packaging and High cost of production of green products. The organizations post the implementation of green supply chain practices experience effectiveness in the organization in the form of drastic reduction in customer complaints, an improvement in the brand loyalty and corporate advantage for the firm. Keywords: Green Supply Chain, Textile Industry, Sustainability, recycling.
1. INTRODUCTION With the increase in environmental pollution corporates have begun using eco-friendly methods for conducting business. Worldwide there has been a shift from traditional supply chain to green supply chain practices. Environmental impacts from adopting green standards have become common and known to all. All stakeholders have become aware and tend to support a greener lifestyle. Green supply chain is considered to be a form of natural supply chain where environmental awareness is given top priority at each stage of supply chain. Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is one of the recent innovation for environment preservation. Adopting GSCM not only helps the companies improve organizational efficiency but helps in profitability as well. As textile industry in India is one of the largest sectors and plays a very important role in the economy, efficient supply chain management needs to be followed. Natural resources such as air, water and energy are consumed to a greater extent by the textile industry which results in environmental pollution. To adopt green clothing, effective management is needed at all levels starting from outlining the environment, acquiring raw materials, manufacturing garments, distributing them to channels and stores and moreover considering their reverse logistics. Experience tells that the organizations planning functional integration tend to outperform those coordinated for functional excellence in a dynamic environment. Management of the supply chain is all about functional integration indeed. Need for the study Due to increase in the environmental issues, it is important for businesses to adopt green practices in their day to day business activities. Green Supply chain in an organization helps minimizing wastage, cost of transaction and water disposal as well as risk of interruption in the business due to factors such as compliance barriers, spills, boycott and strike from workers and NGOs. Textile is such as industry which is said to harm the environment right from the source till the product reaches the customer.
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