Track: Sustainability and Green Systems

Abstract

This paper presents an in-depth review of the studies around the Green Procurement and the Sustainability Performance of the Small and Medium Enterprises in India and at the global level. Micro, Small and Medium-sized enterprises accounts for more than 90% of all businesses and around 70% of jobs worldwide. They play an important role in boosting the economic growth and providing employment for vulnerable groups such as women, young entrepreneurs, and poor communities. Although the smaller businesses are vulnerable, they can be agile too. Sustainability being a buzz word across the globe, majority of the countries have outlined a plan for the future towards achievement of Sustainability in businesses. The study involved outlining the global practices and achievements in Green Procurement and Sustainability Performance of SMEs. It aims at understanding and establishing the gaps within existing knowledge.  Therefore, it has reviewed about hundred online peer reviewed published articles.

The review found that most of the studies focused on Green Supply Chain and not much on only Green Procurement. Studies on Green Procurement and its impact are conducted in the global West and some in Indian context have addressed Sustainable Procurement, however they have paid little attention to establish the correlation with the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) of Sustainability. Few Indian studies and fewer studies in Pune region, highlights the importance of study in this area. The present review will provide more insights for understanding the Sustainability issues of the SMEs in Pune region and how Green Procurement can be one of the solutions.

Keywords

Indian, SMEs, Green Procurement, Sustainability Performance and TBL.