Research Article

Drivers for Sustainable Supply Chain Management and the Practices in Ethiopian Apparel Industries

Table 4

Constructs and respective measures.

Latent variable (LV)Measured variable (MV)Measure code

Regulatory pressures (RP)Government pressuresRP1
Regional pressuresRP2
Trade associationsRP3
Financial incentivesRP4
CertificationRP5

Management commitment (MC)Pop management commitmentMC1
Middle level management commitmentMC2
Environmental management systemMC3

Customer pressures (CP)Customer satisfactionCP1
Concern of customer for the environmentCP2
Organization imageCP3

Market competitive pressure (MCP)Downstream customerMCP1
CompetitorMCP2
Share holdersMCP3
InvestorsMCP4
Reputation/imageMCP5
Financial institutionsMCP6

Supplier pressure (SP)Supplier selectionSP1
Supplier involvementSP2
Supplier performanceSP3

Sociocultural responsibility (SCR)Socially acceptable imageSCR1
Obligation and values of the societySCR2
Support the welfare of the societySCR3

Internal environmental management (IEM)Environmental management systemsIEM1
Providing design specification to suppliers including environmental requirementsIEM2
Cooperation with suppliers for environmental objectivesIEM3
Design products with reduced consumptionsIEM4
Commitment of SSCM from senior managersIEM5
Support for SSCM from midlevel managersIEM6

External SSCM (EP)Cooperation with customers for ecodesignEP1
Cooperation with customers for cleaner productionEP2
Communicate customers’ future needsEP3
Cooperation with customers for green packagingEP4
Responding the needs of customersEP5

Investment recovery (IR)Sale of scrap and used materialsIR1
Design products for reduced consumption of material/energyIR2
Design products for reuse, recycle, and recovery of materialIR3
Design products to avoid or reduce use of hazardous products and/or manufacturing processIR4

Social practice for employees (SPRE)Providing positive working environment for the employeesSPRE1
Safety measuresSPRE2
Payments and wagesSPRE3

Social practice for community (SPRC)Providing vocational/primary education facilities to the surrounding peopleSPRC1
Providing employment/business opportunities to the surrounding communitySPRC2
Providing health care facilities to the local communitySPRC3