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2013, Open Journal of Accounting
Malaysian Small Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is largest business establishment and vital component of the country's economic development. However, limited studies were examined on their development, challenges and future green prospects, especially in service sector. Therefore this article examines the development of SMEs in Malaysia, challenges and opportunities of green practices among SMEs which is play a vital role in the nation growth. The uniqueness of this paper focuses on green practices which is important for SMEs to progress and competitive in domestically and globally. The key messages from these studies examined in this paper are that Malaysian SMEs contribute to the largest business establishment in Malaysia especially service sector and majority of them are in micro size establishment. Nevertheless, there are wide recognition in the literature about the factors hinder SMEs from expanding, this is mainly because high cost of raw materials, high initial cost of investment and shortage of skilled labour. The concept of green environment is still at infancy stage in Malaysian SMEs. Environmental management literature mostly published in the developed countries has proven that ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) implementation has a positive and significant relationship with SMEs performance. This study is important indicator to encourage other SMEs which has no green practices in place to consider joining the green bandwagon, especially SMEs service sectors. The studies focused are conditioned by the search strategy used. In addition, other key words could be including in future studies such as performance, customer satisfaction, financial performance, environmental and green supply chain management in order to expand this search. The main contribution of this paper is to identify the development of SMEs in Malaysia and future research proposals with regards to the benefit of the green practices (ISO 14001 standards) in Malaysian SMEs service sector.
Countries differ in their level of economic wealth. Developing countries are those in which economic wealth is either not widespread or in which economic wealth is significantly behind countries of a similar size. Manufacturing productivity enables the increase of gross domestic product (GDP). However, manufacturing productivity also has a potential for increased pollution and toxicity. Rural communities in developing countries can use sustainable manufacturing techniques to improve GDP output while minimizing the damage to the environment and community health. Universities can play a pivotal role in enabling the transfer of university research to small manufacturers via online training. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can vastly enable collaboration and rapid prototyping of sustainable products (e.g. 3D printed prototypes). Before all of this can begin, it is important to outline the scope, limitations, and evaluation metrics for an online University Green Technology Business Incubator (UgTBI). This concept document uses the UN Global Compact principles as a basis for operational goals. Additional information can be requested from JOOUST Project Team Leader, Dr Benard Muok bmuok@yahoo.com)
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Abstract Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) around the world have little knowledge about environmental management and do not understand the concept of environmental management. The concept of green is still very new to Malaysian SME owners/managers, although many green conferences, seminars and campaigns have been carried out for quite some time. The concept for green process and products in Malaysia is at the infancy stage.
International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology
The Role of Environmental Awareness and Green Technological Usage to Foster Sustainable Green Practices in Bangladeshi Manufacturing SMEs2020 •
The aim of this study is to examine the impact of environmental awareness, green technology usage towards sustainable green practices on the manufacturing SMEs in Bangladesh. Developing countries are more reactive regarding the adaptation of green practices into their businesses than developing countries, mainly due to technical, financial and social reasons. Bangladesh is no exception. The major constraints for adopting those practices are costly green technology and the lack of sound knowledge about ecological footprints. But adopting green technologies can be an effective solution. 220 manufacturing SMEs are surveyed through using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Smart PLS 3.0. The findings reveal that environmental awareness and environmental technological usages has positive association with sustainable green practices. This study has been inspired the SME manufacturer to foster the environmental sustainable practices.
Green Productivity Implications on Long Run Sustainable Economic Growth
Making Science, Innovation and Research work for the Sustainable Development Goals EDITED BY2019 •
This study aims to explain the integration of innovation and climate with economic growth that was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2018 in terms of the concept of Green Productivity (GP). This is drawn from the integration of two important developmental strategies, viz. productivity improvement and environmental protection. Productivity provides the framework for continuous improvement while environmental protection provides the foundation for sustainable development. Therefore, GP is a strategy for enhancing productivity and environmental performance for overall socio-economic development. Three variations of framework and econometric model were developed to measure green total factor productivity, green labour productivity, and green capital productivity, and their contributions to green productivity and sustainable development; these were based on extensive and intensive growth theories. It is likely that the sustainability of higher economic growth will continue to be productivity driven. This will be through the enhancement of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) as a technological progress of the nations that combined the three dimensions of sustainable development (economic development, environmental protection, and social sustainable development via human capital development). Such enhancement needs to put an emphasis on the quality of the workforce, demand intensity, economic restructuring, capital structure, technical progress and environmental standards. It should be recalled that green productivity through green TFP demonstrates the sustainable development concept of progressing technologically. It will ensure the rights of future, as well as current, generations to enjoy better life. The study fills the gaps in growth theories by developing three variations of frameworks and econometric models, and internalising pollutants emissions as private and unpriced inputs in the three models. Further, the green capital productivity model is the sole contributing model developed in this study; it has not been thought about in any previous studies
Thesis Reports on CSR SROI & CSP
Sustainability becomes main management issues for hospitality firms. Big hospitality firms conduct countless attempts to accommodate into the sustainability agenda. However, the small hospitality firms are left behind. The reason is some barriers that are dragging them. Barriers studies regarding big hospitality companies are plenteous. However, studies regarding barriers of MSIC operators are limited in Malaysia. Therefore, the objectives are to identify the barriers and the ranking of the barriers. This study is applying the quantitative and qualitative approach. The finding shows that lack of green products is the most salient barrier. In conclusion, this study has managed to identify barriers and provide some recommendations.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Cleaner production and sustainability: stakeholder pressure and the adoption of pollution prevention measures of industrial hazardous waste in Malaysia2019 •
In Malaysia, related environment laws to comply is mainly Environmental Quality Act 1974. The Cradle to Cradle concept is practiced, where recycling and recovery are considered useful resources. The scheduled waste recycling companies are mostly located in Selangor, Pulau Pinang and Johor. Majority of the license issued is of the type of electronics waste. Regulated industries are expected to implement the environmental safety and health management programme to maintain their competitive edge. Hazard control actions are such as scheduled waste control and emission control. Safety management programmes must be integrated into the company daily activities. Workplace hazard is mandatory to be communicated to those who work with the risk. The employees must be trained to handle hazardous waste. Companies have to prepare emergency and crisis management against potential hazardous waste emergencies. Consequently, the benefits gained through improvement with technological investment offset are the main drivers for environmental management programme. In other words, this programme can improve the environmental aspects and performance using industrial engineering, improve natural resource efficiency, reduce energy costs as well as the costs of handling and disposing of hazardous waste, reuse alternative materials and reduce release of pollutants by recycling of waste. This study looks into the quantity of hazardous waste generated, as well as DOE court cases. The study shows the increasing trend of environmental protection expenditure especially on waste management, even though the chemical industry is generating lesser scheduled waste. DOE court cases are mainly related to licensing and water pollution. Many companies engage the services of scheduled waste facilities are located in Selangor, Johor and Pulau Pinang, though Cenviro operates the first integrated hazardous waste management centre in Malaysia. With the positive relationship between environmental performance and environmental care, the higher level of environmental performance achieved, the better will become the environmental quality. Environment performance of the manufacturing sector could be further improved by promoting environmental management programmes.
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