FACTORS OF IMPLEMENTING THE GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Abstract

Recently the issue of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has received attention, calling the construction industry to change its practices and adopt this sustainable approach to minimizing an organization's total environmental impact. However, perusal the literature review it provides a broad explanation of the GSCM framework but identifying the berries of why the approach is not yet implemented, the benefits of why it should be implemented and to what extend is the GSCM is involved in the Malaysian 
construction industry. Hence, by questioning 30 of the construction role players from various backgrounds in the industry about the benefits, barriers and the involvement if the model in the Malaysian construction industry, the finding were the majority of the respondent agreed that GSCM would have a great impact to the industry and they managed to identify the barriers and it exposed how much the approach is not involved in the industry 

Keywords: GSCM, Malaysian construction industry, Environmental management, Waste management