Green Practices and Supply Chain Performance of Government Hospitals in Nairobi County

Abstract

A research was done to establish Green practices and performance of government hospitals in Nairobi County. The study had three research objectives namely; To what extent is Green supply chain practiced in Government Hospitals in Nairobi County, To determine the relationship between Green supply chain practices and performance in Nairobi County, To establish the challenges faced in implementing Green supply chain practices in Government Hospitals in Nairobi County. The research design used was a census survey, frequencies and percentages were used to analyse and represent objective one regression analysis was used to analyse the relationship between Green supply chain practices and performance of Government Hospitals. The research revealed that there is a significant relationship between green supply chain practice and performance. A questionnaire was used to collect data through drop and pick later method. Percentages and frequencies were used to analyse the first objective, while objective two and three correlation and regression methods were utilized. Findings from analysis of objective one indicated that most of the government hospitals in Nairobi had implemented a number of green supply chain management practices. The research centred on Government Hospitals in Nairobi County, as given by the Ministry of Health website. Results from indicated that Green supply chain practices are closely related to performance of supply chains. The study recommends that hospitals should empower and educate their employees on the importance of efficient waste management and reverse logistics approaches to enhance green supply chain.A major limitation of the study was that, it only studied Government health facilities within Nairobi County. Another limitation of the study was that, no highlight was done on suppliers’ willingness to participate in green supply chain practices. Suggestions for further research would be to establish the impact of reverse logistics on efficient product consumption along the supply chain. Another area of future research will be to evaluate suppliers’ willingness to conform to consumers’ eco design, and its impact on performance