Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Performance of Logistics Firms in Anambra State – Nigeria

AbstractThe growing need to create a safe and habitable society has heightened the call for the adoptionof sustainable solutions in supply chain management to enhance organizational performance.However, the relationship between sustainable supply chain management practices and theperformance of logistics firms in Anambra State, Nigeria, has not been empirically established.Against this background, the researcher conducted an empirical investigation to examinesustainable supply chain management practices and their impact on the performance of logisticsfirms in Anambra State. The study adopted a surveymethod. The population comprised 91registered logistics firms in Anambra State, and the entire population was used as the samplesince it was manageable. Data were collected using two structured questionnaire and PearsonProduct-Moment Correlation and multiple regression were employed for data analysis.Thefindings revealed that there is asignificant positive relationship between environmentallysustainable supply chain management practices and the performance of logistics firms inAnambra State.Similarly, it was revealed that social sustainable supply chain managementpractices had a significant positive relationship with the performance of logistics firms.Moreover, it was found that technology and collaboration practices had asignificant positiverelationship with performance of logistics firms. Furthermore, the findings revealed thatsustainable supply chain management practices significantly influence performance oflogisticsfirms. The researcher therefore recommended that logistics firms should improve theirenvironmental and social sustainable supply chain management as well as technology ancollaboration practices to enhance firms’ performance.