Sustainable Procurement Practices and Environmental Responsibility at World Wide Fund Uganda
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2025-06-10
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Uganda Christian University
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The study sought to examine the role of sustainable procurement practices in ensuring environmental responsibility at World Wide for Nature Uganda. The study was guided by three objectives; examining the role of green supplier selection, eco-friendly purchasing policies and waste reduction strategies in ensuring environmental responsibility.
The study was carried out using cross-sectional research design where only a quantitative research approach was utilized. Questionnaires were used to collect data from a sample of 49 respondents selected through simple random and purposive sampling from various departments of WWF Uganda although, 48 of them responded. Data collected was coded and analyzed using SPSS, applying both descriptive statistics (frequencies, means, standard deviation) and inferential statistics to draw meaningful conclusions.
The findings revealed the organization is committed to achieving sustainability goals through procurement (Mean = 4.21; STD = 0.893) and that there was a positive relationship between green supplier selection and environmental responsibility, suppliers are encouraged to adopt green technologies and practices (Mean = 4.31; STD = 0.829), and a positive relationship between eco-friendly purchasing policies and environmental responsibility reflected by (r (45) = .810, p = .001)the organization’s waste reduction strategies have enhanced its environmental sustainability (Mean = 4.15; STD = 0.875) and theirs a positive relationship between waste reduction strategies and environmental responsibility reflected by (r (45) = .766, p = .001).
The standardized coefficient statistics revealed that, eco-friendly purchasing policies (β = 0.496, t = 2.121, p = 0.040), and waste reduction strategies (β = 0.334, t = 2.258, p = 0.029) are the only two significant factors ensuring environmental responsibility at WWF Uganda among the factors considered in this study. Green supplier selection (β = 0.048, t = 0.228, p = 0.821) was statistically insignificant in ensuring environmental responsibility at WWF Uganda among the factors considered in this study as its P value was greater than 0.05 (P>0.05).
The study then concluded that strengthening the organization’s supplier evaluation mechanisms and fostering closer collaborations with suppliers could enhance the impact of green procurement initiatives and strengthening eco-friendly purchasing policies through developing a comprehensive sustainability policy and communicating it to all stakeholders, incentive sustainable practices and monitoring and evaluating progress through setting and tracking metrices would enhance environmental responsibility at WWF Uganda.
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