STRENGTHENING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR A SUSTAINABLE HOUSING SECTOR IN NEPAL: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, RELATIONSHIPS AND THE ADOPTION AND USE OF GREEN PRACTICES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

STRENGTHENING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR A SUSTAINABLE HOUSING SECTOR IN NEPAL: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, RELATIONSHIPS AND THE ADOPTION AND USE OF GREEN PRACTICES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Ogenis Brilhant¹ , Somesh Sharma² , Swati Pujari³ , Neha Shrestha⁴ , Amit Bajracharya⁵ and Anita Adhikarⁱ⁶

¹Energy and Infrastructure Management, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam (EUR), The Netherlands ² IHS, EUR, The Netherlands ^3,4,5,6UN-Habitat, Nepal

ABSTRACT

 EU’s main approach to sustainable housing is promoting green practices/products within the building construction sectors SCs. EU Switch Asia program financed research conducted in Nepal, 2015, to understand the organization of SCs, identify factors/barriers affecting SCM and existing relationships, the reasons to adopt green concepts/approaches and recommend support for SMEs to strengthen the sector’s management and sustainability. 109 companies, non-probabilistic snowball sampling and semi-closed questionnaires used in the survey. Conclusions: Companies create SCs to increase customer satisfaction, maintain long-term sales and retain clients. Size of company influences SCs organisation, SCM and using/producing green products/services; majority of participants had a person in the company to manage SC’s and had very good knowledge of SC, SCM and greening issues. SMEs need support with: information/communication technology, promotion and improvement/development of green products/services. Government should: increases awareness of green building products/services; develop financial green incentives and simplify administrative procedures to buy solar products. 

KEYWORDS 

Sustainable housing, Green Supply Chain Management, SC’s relationships, green practices and products

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