Engagement in Green Procurement: Antecedents and Outcomes on Manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises from Iran

Implementation of green procurement principles in the public and private sectors is animportant issue in favour of sustainable development. This correlational survey aimed toidentify and analyse the antecedents and outcomes of the adoption of product-based greenprocurement practices in manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises. Accordingly,the statistical population consisted of all manufacturing small- and medium-sizedenterprises operating in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, among which 120 samples wasselected, using the complete enumeration sampling method. Managers of thesemanufacturing companies are more aware of the status of their respective company thananyone else; therefore, senior managers, middle managers, and supervisors were selected asthe participants. The collected data was analysed using Smart-PLS software. Based on thefindings, environmental concern, employee competency, motivation and rewards hadsignificant positive effects on the adoption of product-based green procurement practices.However, there was no significant relationship between customer pressure and greenprocurement. The adoption of product-based green procurement practices also had asignificant positive effect on corporate performance, market performance, socialperformance, and environmental performance. The findings and suggestions of the presentstudy can provide marketers and managers with an insight to improve the performance oftheir respective manufacturing enterprise.