Sustainable purchasing practices: an investigation into current industry awareness and practice

Edward Sweeney, Frank Palisi, Kathryn Newton

Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference outputConference publication

Abstract

This research study illustrates the importance of sustainable purchasing practices for organizations in the U.S. distribution industry and answers several important questions: what is the current awareness of U.S. organizations regarding sustainable purchasing practices; to what extent are U.S. organizations evaluating, selecting, and retaining suppliers based upon sustainable purchasing practices; and to what extent are sustainable purchasing practices being implemented by the U.S. organizations under study? With an ever increasing global economy, is it critically important for organizations to put in place sustainability practices; the biggest impact organizations can make is often in an organization’s purchasing department. The researcher begins by explaining the reasoning for conducting the research, and then builds the readers’ understanding of sustainability in a supply chain environment. It then moves to the subject of how sustainable purchasing can be an advantageous method for bringing about “triple bottom line” savings to an organization. This section is followed by the researcher’s methodology and ending results for a survey conducted to examine the current awareness and implementation of sustainable purchasing practices among U.S. plumbing, heating, cooling and piping (PHCP) distribution firms who participated in the study.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCIEC Engineering Education in an Era of Globalisation
Subtitle of host publicationthe Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC) - Phoenix, AZ, United States
Duration: 6 Feb 20138 Feb 2013

Conference

Conference2013 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC)
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhoenix, AZ
Period6/02/138/02/13
OtherEngineering education in an era of gobalization

Bibliographical note

Engineering Education in an Era of Globalisation, Proceedings of the Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration

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