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Green Supply Chain in Construction Sector, Government Intervention, Partnerships and Green Practices

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Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urbanisation 2020) (icRSUrbanisation 2020)

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Abstract

Rapid urbanization and investment in infrastructure projects have promoted significant growth in the construction industry, which has led to a series environmental issues and threats. While the contribution of green supply chain management (GSCM) is receiving increasing attention in the construction sector, the role of environmental regulations, their influences on government support and public-private partnerships (PPPs), and the resulted impacts on GSCM practices implementations have not thoroughly investigated. Using an 18-item instrument and drawing from the survey results from 229 Chinese construction companies, this study investigates the causal relationships between constructs using partial least squared based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results indicated that environmental regulations had a significant positive impact on the GSCM practices implementation, through the sequential mediation effects of government support and PPPs. Firm facing stronger market pressures were found to have stronger desire in seeking for government support and establish PPPs, so as to engage more actively in GSCM practices implementation.

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Xie, Y., Zhao, Y., Chen, Y. (2020). Green Supply Chain in Construction Sector, Government Intervention, Partnerships and Green Practices. In: Chan, F.K.S., Chan, H.K., Zhang, T., Xu, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urbanisation 2020). icRSUrbanisation 2020. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9605-6_7

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