Green Logistics Management Activities and their Impact on Achieving Sustainable Development Dimensions - An Exploratory Study for the State Company for Ready-Made Clothes Industry in Mosul.

Abstract

The study investigates the correlation and impact relationships between green logistics management activities and the dimensions of sustainable development in the State Company for Ready-Made Clothes Industry/ Mosul. Thus, a hypothetical model was designed to reflect the nature of the correlations and impact between the variables based on a number of main and sub hypotheses. A questionnaire form was used by the researchers as a main tool for collecting the data besides other tools and the results were analyzed statistically to reach the study's conclusions. The number of studies that investigate the correlation and impact between the aforementioned variables in the Iraqi environment are limited according to the researchers' knowledge and that encouraged the researchers to investigate the variables within a holistic framework. In general, the research attempts to answer following the question: What is the nature of the relationship and impact between green logistics management activities and the dimensions of sustainable development in the investigated company?The study reached a set of conclusions including:1. A significant correlation is found between green logistics management activities and the dimensions of sustainable development in the investigated company.2. A significant impact of green logistics management activities on the dimensions of sustainable development is found in the investigated company. Based on the conclusions the researchers have presented a set of recommendations consistent with those conclusions and identified their method of implementation.