10. APPENDIX

Questionnaire Survey Form

DRIVERS FOR GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (GSCM) ADOPTION IN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

We invite you to participate in a research study entitled: ranking of drivers for the green supply chain management (GSCM) adoption: case from Indian construction companies.
We are currently in the final year B.Tech Civil Engineering at The NORTHCAP University (Formally ITM University) in Gurgaon, Haryana and working on a project entitled above.
The purpose of the research is to prioritize the significant drivers for the implementation of GSCM with help of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Indian Construction Company’s context.
The enclosed questionnaire has been designed to gain your valuable feedback, which would help in ranking of the various drivers enlisted in the questionnaire.
Your participation in this research project is completely voluntary. You may decline altogether, or leave blank any questions you don’t wish to answer. There are no known risks to participation beyond those encountered in everyday life.

We would be grateful if we could receive your response in about 15 days.
Thank you for your assistance in this important endeavor.
If you have any questions about this project, feel free to contact.

Sincerely yours,
UDBHAV DATTA at +91 9953037821
ADITYA SINGLA at +91 9467160067
RISHABH BHADAURIA at +91 7838816135
Final year,
Department of Civil Engg.,
The NORTHCAP University,
HUDA Sector 23-A Gurgaon - 122017, Haryana.

The following is a questionnaire for ranking the drivers for GSCM adoption in construction industry perspective.
Please respond to the questionnaire with a “YES” or “NO".

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MARKET / FINANCE CATEGORY

Establishing developer’s/contractor’s green image locally and globally

It helps an organization to position itself and its products as environmentally friendly in the customers’ perception.

Yes

No

Tax Incentives

Green buildings, both commercial and residential, are eligible for government tax credits.

Yes

No

Increased Property Values

With energy costs on the rise, the low operating costs and easy maintenance of green buildings make for lower vacancy rates and higher property values

Yes

No

Decreased Infrastructure Strain

Efficient buildings exert less demand on the local power grid and water supply, stretching the capacity of local infrastructure

Yes

No

Supplier Category

Developer’s/Contractor’s awareness and advances in providing environment friendly packages.

Many people are becoming aware of the concept of sustainable development, even though the application is still weak, the knowledge is improving.

Yes

No

Developer’s/Contractor’s environmental collaboration with suppliers

Suppliers can help in providing valuable ideas which can be used during and after the construction process.

Yes

No

GOVERNMENT CATEGORY

Adapting to regulation and reducing risk

Organizations adopting Green Supply Chain practices can reduce the risk of being prosecuted for anti-environmental and unethical practices.

Yes

No

Government rules and legislation

Government Rules & legislation is a major driver for developer’s/contractor’s environmental management programs.

Yes

No

Anticipation of government regulations

Legislation may take many forms, including regulation of emissions that may cause environmental pollution, taxation of environment and health damaging activities, and establishing the legal framework for trading schemes (e.g. for carbon emissions).

Yes

No

Environmental Management Certification

Certifications like ISO 14001

Yes

No

ENVIRONMENT CATEGORIES

Sustainable use natural resources, construction material and equipments

Green Supply Chains ensures the effective utilization of all of the available productive resources of organizations.

Yes

No

Reusing and recycling construction materials

Green buildings are built from green, rapidly renewable, non-toxic, reusable and recyclable materials.

Yes

No

Waste Reduction

Construction and demolition generates a huge portion of solid waste in the United States. Building deconstruction as an alternative to full-scale demolition results in massive decreases of waste production

Yes

No

Emissions Reduction

Pollutants released by fossil fuels to generate energy for the construction process causes air quality issues.

Yes

No

INTERNAL DRIVERS CATEGORY

Developer’s/Contractor’s environmental mission

The aim of the developer/contractor for his company keeping in mind the environment

Yes

No

Investors and share holder pressure

Pressure from the investors to adopt environmental friendly process and practices during and after the construction

Yes

No

Increased Employee/labor Productivity

Employee/labor productivity has been positively correlated to environmental conditions during construction.

Yes

No

Support from top managers

Developers/contractors send its green management professionals to over sea construction sites to systematically promote green management.

Yes

No

CUSTOMER CATEGORY

Society or public pressure

By adopting GSCM the contractor will be meet the expectations of the society to protect the surrounding environment during the construction process.

Yes

No

Customer/Client awareness and pressure

Contractor/developer will be able to handle the pressure from the client to provide him with highly eco-friendly projects.

Yes

No

Improve the image of the construction industry

Lowering emissions levels contributing to pollution by adopting GSCM will help reduce the construction industry’s image as a major contributor of air pollution.

Yes

No

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SAMPLE AHP CALCULATIONS

Internal drivers

INTERNAL
DRIVERS / I1 / I2 / I3 / I4
I1 / 1 / 0.828 / 4.22 / 5.228
I2 / 1.2077 / 1 / 2.62 / 6.52
I3 / 0.237 / 0.3817 / 1 / 2.83
I4 / 0.1913 / 0.1534 / 0.3534 / 1

Vector: 0.3954, 0.4076, 0.136, 0.061

CI: 0.0235

RI: 0.9

CR 0.0261

Total Weight value: 0.3954, 0.4076, 0.136, 0.061

Sorted weight value: 0.4076, 0.3954, 0.136, 0.061

Rank: I2,I1,I3,I4

Max Eigen: 4.0704