INFLUENCE OF GREEN PROCUREMENT ON PERFORMANCE OF MINING INDUSTRY IN SIERRA LEONE
Sandy Kaikai - Masters of Science in Procurement and Logistics Management, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Dr. Thomas Mose - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
ABSTRACT
Approximately 80% of all the industries in the Sierra Leone are procuring goods and services with no consideration for human health and environmental safety. Over 89% of the purchases done by the mining industry in particular violated environmental safety standards stated in the National Environment Act (2018). The main objective of the study was to determine the influence of green procurement on performance of the mining industry in Sierra Leone. The study specifically sought to determine the influence of green packaging, green distribution, green supplier selection and reverse logistics on performance of the mining industry in Sierra Leone. This study was conducted through a descriptive research design. The study involved 150 procurement staffs of the five major mining companies in Sierra Leone which were African minerals, London mining, Sierra rutile, Sierra minerals and Koidu holdings limited. Primary data was collected using questionnaires and a pilot study was undertaken to prove both the validity and reliability of the questionnaires. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were adopted for analysis. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics while quantitative data was analyzed in prose form. The regression model was adopted to establish the relationship between the dependent and independent variables as shown by R-value of 0.846. The significance value was 0.000 which is less than 0.05 thus the model is statistically significant in predicting how green packaging, green distribution, green supplier selection and reverse logistics influence performance in mining industry in Sierra Leone. The findings revealed that green packaging contributed most to the performance of mining industry in Sierra Leone. A total of 120 procurement staffs participated in the study out of the 150 procurement staffs that were targeted. The study concludes that performance of mining industry in Sierra Leone can be greatly improved by green product packaging, green distribution, green supplier selection and reverse logistics. The study therefore recommended that managers of the mining firms in Sierra Leone should adopt green practices such as green packaging, green distribution, green supplier selection and reverse logistics as a way of managing their cost of production and creation of customer loyalty.