Development Of A Novel Incentive System For Supply Chain Management Towards A Reduced Carbon Emission Target

The study proposed and tested the CISCER model to ascertain the level of willingness of supply chain businesses in its adoption and use for the reduction of carbon emissions through GMPs and internalization of other green production practices.Concerning model adoption,stimulating variables of the outer model substantially explained the response factor(willingness).All stimulating variables except for premiums had a significant influence on willingness towards model adoption,with perceived profit having the highest score.A quadratic optimization model was also proposed to understand how best stimulating variables could be adjusted to attain the highest level of satisfaction for supply chains and increase the willingness of businesses to adopt the model proposed.This study used cross-sectional data which were collected in two main phases using structured questionnaires through surveys.The first phase comprised questions related to identifying what supply chain businesses thought were keen on their productions and the sustainability of their businesses.The second phase of data collection concerned the willingness of supply chain businesses to adopt the developed composite carbon emission reduction strategy with profit optimization in mind.This phase was guided by the technology acceptance model and the questionnaire was designed according to the European Customer Satisfaction Index(ECSI).Eighty(80)supply divisions of 80 manufacturing organizations were purposively selected from the industrial area of Accra and Kumasi,Ghana,and their representatives(80;1 from each organization)engaged through questionnaire administration by face-to-face mode and structured interviews.Data collected were coded and organized using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS version 22),and statistical analysis performed using the Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square(PLS-SEM)design with the SmartPLS software(version 3.1).Findings from this study posits that the deployment of green supply chain management strategies by organizations greatly acts as a stimulus for carbon emission reduction hence green sustainable practices must be embarked in that regard.Moreover,high carbon-footprints intensity and fuel consumption materials should be reduced to achieve sustainability strategies implemented.Most importantly,the study recommends rigid future actions in the implementation of strategies that can be evaluated by the comparison of the patterns of consumption across different initiatives.This recommendation clearly provides effective,efficient and correct carbon emission reduction plans implementation on an analytical basis as it gives in-depth insights.