Abstract: Green procurement strategy leads to efficient production at lowest possible cost. For instance adoption of Green procurement strategy has led to minimization of production cost by up to 15%. Locally, though green procurement strategy has been investigated, there is limited empirical data on cross sectional studies that cut through various sectors such as those in the manufacturing industry. The aim of this study therefore was to find the determinants of adoption of green procurement strategy in manufacturing firms in Nakuru County, Kenya. The study specifically attempted to establish the influence of regulatory demand on adoption of green procurement strategy in manufacturing in Nakuru County, Kenya.
The study was anchored on two theories, namely: Systems Theory, Agency theory. The target population was 3 procurement staff of 34 manufacturing firms in Nakuru County, Kenya all totaling 102 staff. Purposive sampling was used to identify procurement staff in each of the 34 manufacturing firms.research design used was descriptive Data was collected using closed-ended questionnaire after which they were pretested to ensure validity and reliability.finally Data summary was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics and then presented in tables.
Keywords: Regulatory Demand And Green Procurement Strategy.
Title: Influence of Regulatory Demand on Adoption of Green Procurement Strategy in Manufacturing Firms in Nakuru County, Kenya
Author: Lucy Chepchumba, Dr. Daniel Wanyoike, Peter Kiprotich Cheruiyot
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Research Publish Journals
