ADOPTION OF GREEN LOGISTICS PRACTICES AMONG SMEs AND LARGE LOGISTICS FIRMS

This research analyses how the size of a firm affects the adoption, motivation, and obstacles of practicing green logistics as well as implementing sustainable supply chains and the differences theoretically and empirically documented in the research over the past few years. After a carefully comparing the theoretical and empirical literature, the author documents the dual differences of the size of the firms and the adoption and implementation of the green supply chains. Large firms, especially ones in the transportation logistics SMEs are documented to have green supply chains in their transportation at a higher documentation rate of green supply chains. The SMEs are documented to have higher obstacles in the adoption of green supply chain. These are documented as minimal available finances, inadequate logistical technological systems and supply chains that are very poorly linked, or what is often referred to, as fragmented supply chains. The author documents green transportation and green packaging as the most financially beneficial and operationally sustainable goals for both firm classifications. The author documents the paper as a firm to green sustainable logistics for policy and practice paper to promote green Environmental practice to the logistics firms and practice policy.

Keywords: Green logistics, SMEs, large firms, sustainable supply chain, environmental practices