Vasou, Pelagia

2021-09-15T11:45:30Z

https://repository.ihu.edu.gr//xmlui/handle/11544/29831

Green procurement

Corporate Social Responsibility

Green-based practices in Greece: lessons learning

2021-06-04

free

School of Economics, Business Administration and Legal Studies, MSc in Strategic Product Design

This dissertation was written as part of the MSc in Strategic Product Design at the International Hellenic University. The arrival of 21st century made necessary the concept of a «sustainable society» and a «circular society». The reason for this are that environmental limitations and changes in the socio-economic structure announce the end of economic growth because of the lack of natural resources if businesses do not adopt green practices. The increasing awareness of environmental problems, that growing destabilization of the Earth’s climate, increasingly stringent environmental legislation and the uncertainty about the prices of oil and other fossil fuels have brought about a change in the attitude of many companies, which are trying to improve their environmental behavior. It is also clear that new opportunities for growth and competitiveness creating advantage for those companies that adopt measures to address them environmental problems. The aim for this research is show and discusses well developed green business practices in Greece in retail sector and the future alteration of more environmentally responsible companies. The resent economic crisis, the reverse logistics and the growing customer demand for more environmentally friendly products, attain additional value to this research. The contribution of this thesis will have managerial implications. Specifically, the outcomes can guide the administrative staff from another company to follow green policies with respect to services. The objective is for them to have green credentials which usually translate to attempts to decrease the environmental impact at the time services are rendered. This literature review builds on the three themes in the adoption of Green Procurement (GP) identified from the literature: 1) the motivation and drivers for the implementation of GP 2) barriers to the implementation of GP 3) the performance impacts of the adoption of GP

Folinas, Demetrios

Drakaki, Maria

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