Towards Implementation of Green Practices for Environmental Compliance by Beverage Producing Industries in Kampala, Uganda

Natural resource depletion as a result of widespread worldwide economic growth has encouraged business players to rethink the environment. Therefore, the adoption and implementation of green practices by business-oriented players are likely to abate some challenges brought about by unsustainable industrial practices. The study aimed to assess the implementation of green practices by beverage-producing industries in Kampala. It tried to determine the types of green practices adopted by the beverage-producing industries, explored drivers that encouraged green practices adoption, and the benefits the beverage-producing industries obtained as a result of green practices adoption. Methods including questionnaire surveys and interviews were used to elicit the required data for the study. Water conservation (CV=12.1), green awareness (CV=12.0) and energy management (CV=12.5) were mainly the green practices adopted by beverage-producing industries. Implementation of the green practices was enabled by regulatory bodies, pressure from the local community and a need for international recognition among others. The beverage-producing industries benefited by gaining a competitive advantage, improved customer relations and easy access to foreign markets. It is recommended that business firms promote more green awareness, and regulatory bodies continue to mount more pressure on all the business firms for more conformation aimed at enabling the environment to become more compliant and sustainable.