Application and Practice of Sustainable Procurement in Kenya
Application and Practice of Sustainable Procurement in Kenya
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可持续采购在肯尼亚的应用与实践
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发表时间：
2015
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通讯作者：
P. Musyimi
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作者：
E. Muraguri;E. Waweru;P. Musyimi
可持续采购不仅仅是“绿色”，它还涉及对社会和道德负责的采购，通过供应链最大限度地减少对环境的影响，提供经济合理的解决方案和良好的商业实践。可持续采购在许多国家的政策议程上的地位正在上升，但知识仍然有限。在肯尼亚，政府制定了一系列广泛的政策、体制和立法来管理所有商业活动，以实现绿色采购。这些措施包括：1999年《环境管理和协调法》、2007年《肯尼亚固体废物管理法》、《工厂法》（肯尼亚法律第514章）、2006年《环境管理和协调条例》。然而，由于所有这些法案和立法，采用绿色采购的速度缓慢，导致肯尼亚的推广率较低。因此，本研究旨在确定肯尼亚的绿色采购状况，同时遵循以下目标：评估肯尼亚为实现可持续采购所采取的步骤，确定采用可持续采购的公司所获得的优势，并确定采用可持续采购的公司所面临的挑战。该研究依赖于肯尼亚三个抽样行业公布的二手数据以及PPOA、CIP和UNEP等机构的报告。本研究采立意/选择性抽样设计，选取三个产业进行研究。该研究确定，虽然抽样行业没有在从原材料采购到制造、运输、使用和处置的产品生命周期的所有阶段努力防止污染和尽量减少环境影响，但有证据表明，一些公司存在违规采购的指控，包括不遵守环境问题。与可持续采购相关的优势包括：最大限度地减少风险、获得市场份额和提供更好的服务。遇到的挑战包括：员工抵制变革、产生的初始成本、政策沟通不畅等
Sustainable procurement isn’t simply about being “green” but it’s also about; socially and ethically responsible purchasing, minimizing environmental impact through the supply chain, delivering economically sound solutions and good business practice. Sustainable procurement is rising on the policy agenda for many countries but knowledge remains limited. In Kenya, the government has put in place a wide range of policy, institutional and legislative to govern all business activities in a move towards green procurement. These include; Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA) 1999, Kenya Solid Waste Management by laws of 2007, The Factories Act (Cap 514 of the Laws of Kenya), The Environmental Management and Co-ordination Regulations, 2006. However, with all these acts and legislations, adoption of green procurement has been slow resulting in lower diffusion rate in Kenya. This study therefore sought to establish the status of green procurement in Kenya while guided by the following objectives: To evaluate the steps made towards sustainable procurement in Kenya, to establish the advantages accrued to a firm which embraces sustainable procurement and to establish the challenges facing a firm which embraces sustainable procurement. The study relied on published secondary data from three sampled industries in Kenya and reports by bodies such as PPOA, CIPs and UNEP. Purposive / selective sampling design was employed in selecting the three industries under study. The study established that though the drive towards pollution prevention and minimization of environmental impacts at all stages of the product lifecycle from sourcing of raw materials, through manufacturing, transport, use and disposal has not been embraced by the sampled industries, there was evidence of allegations of irregular procurement at some companies, including non-adherence to environmental issues. Advantages associated with sustainable procurement included; minimizing risks, gaining market share and delivering better service provision. Challenges encountered were: employees resistant to change, the initial cost incurred, poor policy communication among others
DOI：
10.1108/01443570510593148
发表时间：
2005-05
影响因子：
9.9
作者：
Qinghua Zhu;J. Sarkis;Y. Geng
通讯作者：
Qinghua Zhu;J. Sarkis;Y. Geng