Green supply chain management practices and environmental performance in the healthcare sector: the mediating role of green innovation

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to assess the effects of green supply chain management (GSCM) strategies on health-care organizations’ environmental performance (EP). It also assesses that green innovation (GI), including green technology innovation (GTI) and green management innovation (GMI), plays mediating roles in the connection between GSCM and EP.

Design/methodology/approach

In total, 375 health-care sector employees in the Chattogram division of Bangladesh provided opinions in the questionnaire survey. PLS-SEM was used to verify the data’s validity and reliability and assess the hypotheses.

Findings

The findings reveal that GSCM practices significantly positively impact GI and EP. Moreover, GTI and GMI mediate the relationship between GSCM and EP in Bangladesh’s health-care sector.

Practical implications

The current findings could promote environmental sustainability in Bangladesh’s health-care industry by fostering environmental collaboration.

Originality/value

The detection of the mediation effect of GTI and GMI on GSCM and EP is a unique contribution of this study that enriches the present GSCM and GI literature, particularly in the Bangladeshi health-care sector.

Citation

Karim, R.A., Kawser, S., Rabiul, M.K., Chowdhury, T. and Murtaza, F.N.Y. (2024), "Green supply chain management practices and environmental performance in the healthcare sector: the mediating role of green innovation", Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-10-2023-0407