Green Supply Chain Management and Organizational Performance in Bahrain

This study investigates Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices by exploring the level of their implementation and the relationship between seven specific GSCM practices and three organizational performance measures-economic performance, environmental performance, and operational performance- in the food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers in Bahrain. A deductive and cross-sectional approach has been used. A total of 69 responses were collected from 149 Bahraini F&B manufacturing managers using a convenience sampling method with a response rate of 61.6%. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has been used to test the study’s hypotheses. The results showed that each of the following GSCM practices had a positive correlation to at least one of the organizational performance measures used: green purchasing (GP), cooperation with customers (CC), investment recovery (IR), green packaging (GrP), and reverse logistics (RL). However, the GCSM practices of internal environmental management (IEM) and eco-design (ED) did not show any significant relationship with organizational performance. Of the twenty-one hypotheses, seven were found to be statistically significant. The findings of this research indicate that the implementation level of GSCM is still in its early stages in Bahraini firms. Therefore, managers need to put more effort into adopting GSCM concepts efficiently in their firms.