Publication: Influence green manufacturing technologies on the performance of oil marketing companies in Kenya
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2023-05
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International Research Journal of Business and Strategic Management
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Abstract
Awareness and advocacy against the adverse effects of human activities on the
environment and the need to mitigate the threats for a greener and safer world have
birthed and consolidated many stakeholders. The recognition of a clean, healthy and
sustainable environment as a universal human right by the United Nations General
Assembly and the need to translate the initiatives into tangible progress to address the
global climate crisis defined by devastating flooding, heatwaves and wildfires has
escalated the awareness and the seriousness of the situation and urgency for action.
Industries which constitute the highest percentage of environmental degradation more
so in the oil and petroleum sector, are increasingly being put to task with their consumers
as well as law enforcers and regulators to adopt and mainstream environmental
conservation initiatives and green manufacturing practices using green raw materials.
This study, therefore, sought to establish the influence of the use of green manufacturing
technologies on the performance of oil marketing companies in Kenya. The study
conducted involved a descriptive research design methodology with a closed-ended
questionnaire administered to a census of key oil marketing companies. Only senior and
middle management workers of 62 Oil marketing businesses who have strategic and
tactical responsibilities were eligible to participate. The managers were drawn from the
departments of; procurement, production, finance, quality control, and marketing
departments. A census sampling approach was used to get 310 managers from oil
marketing businesses who are well-equipped to give the necessary information. The
collected data was quantitatively analyzed using SPPS Version 25.0 computer software
application. Correlation analysis was applied to determine the relationship between the
variables. The study concluded that most machines or tools which consume less energy,
water and fuel are used and most of them are impact and life cycle assessment tools for
manufacturing. The study recommends that there should be an improvement in; the use
of machines or tools which consume less energy, water and fuel, and how they impact
and life cycle assessment tools for manufacturing