Investigating the Effective Factors and Consequences of Green Energy Supply Chain in Iran's Industrial and Commercial Enterprises in Order to Achieve Sustainable Business
Subject Areas : Renewable Energyabdolhossein ghaderi 1 * , Gholamreza Nabi Bidhendi 2 , محمد حقيقي 3
1 - PhD. student, Energy systems engineering and Environment, Kish International campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Index Research Institute, crisis management group
3 - professor, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Supply Chain, Green Energy, Sustainable Development,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: With the ever-increasing expansion of new technologies, the rapid progress of various industries after the industrial revolution, mankind has achieved prosperity in all aspects in terms of quality of life; But maybe he is unaware of the damage he has done to the environment in recent decades. Global warming, lack of drinking water, melting of polar ice, destruction of animal habitats, destruction of forest vegetation, etc., are all part of the disaster that modern humans have brought on the planet and the environment in the past century. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effective factors and consequences of green energy supply chain in Iran's industrial and commercial enterprises in order to realize sustainable trade.
Material and Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and also quantitative in terms of data type. The statistical population of the research includes all the employees of SANA (Novairaan Energy Organization), 374 people were selected as a sample based on Cochran's formula. Two library and field methods have been used to collect information. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect statistical information. This questionnaire was prepared based on field and library surveys. To analyze the data, sample t-test and confirmatory factor analysis were used using spss and smartPLS software.
Findings: The results showed that the factors affecting the green energy supply chain include knowledge management, management and leadership, organizational culture, information technology, regulatory requirements and environmental factors. Finally, effective factors include three components of economic performance, environmental performance and social performance.
Discussion and Conclusion: As the results showed, the model of green energy supply chain in marketing and energy storage of companies was presented in this research. This model shows that the green energy supply chain includes 3 components: indoor environment, green purchasing and ecological design. Also, knowledge management, management and leadership, organizational culture, information technology, environmental requirements and environmental factors were recognized as factors affecting the green energy supply chain in marketing and energy storage of companies. Also, the results showed that the implementation of the green energy supply chain model in the marketing and energy storage of companies leads to the improvement of economic performance, environmental performance and social performance. Considering that these factors were examined according to the opinions of experts in the field and also based on previous researches, it can be said that Iran's industrial and commercial companies can use this model to achieve sustainable development. Globalization, increase in regulations of organizations and insistence of customers regarding compliance with environmental issues have caused organizations to examine the necessary measures to apply green supply chain management in order to improve environmental and economic performance. The increasing production of greenhouse gases by industrial, agricultural and transportation activities that have a destructive effect on the environment and especially global warming has drawn the attention of industry and university researchers to this issue. Finally, the results showed that among the components of the main phenomenon, the indoor environment, among the components of the influencing factors Organizational culture and among the components of effective factors, economic performance are ranked first. Investigations also showed that the internal environment component is not in a favorable condition.
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