Abstract:
This study mainly focused on investigating the level of green supply chain
management practices (GSCMP): environmental corporation (EC), green purchasing
(GP), corporation with customers (CC), eco-design (ECO), and green transportation &
reverse logistics (GTRL) adoption and identify the impact of GSCMP on social
sustainability performance (SSP) in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. When
reviewing previous studies, the researcher identified that less research attention had
been given to SSP. All apparel organizations in Sri Lanka identified as the population
is 350. A convenience sampling technique was used to select a sample of 180
respondents. The time horizon of the research is cross-sectional. A structured
questionnaire was used to collect data and statistically was analyzed using the
Pearson correlation liner regression analysis by SPSS. The findings of this
quantitative study reflected that GSCMP were in the initial implementation stage, and
SSP was considered as a relatively significant one in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka.
The correlation findings indicated a positive, strong, and significant relationship
between GSCMP and SSP. Regression analysis indicated that there was a positive
significant impact of GSCMP and SSP (EC = 0.854, GP = 0.875, CC = 0.921, ECO = 0.819
, GTRL = 0.899). This study contributed to a better understanding of the links
between GSCMP and SSP while making several compelling contributions by
providing theoretical insights and empirical findings from the Sri Lankan
perspective. It is recommended to adopt GSCMP for the apparel industry in Sri Lanka,
expecting to improve their SSP.
