Investigation of impacts of Environmental management practices on performance of plastic industry firms in the UK

Abstract

The aim of current study was to investigate the association of environmental management practices with the performance of plastic firms in UK. In order to fulfil this aim, the mixed method study has been conducted, which relied on both quantitative and qualitative approach. The questionnaire was used as a source of quantitative data collection, whereas, the qualitative data was obtained through interviews. The data was obtained from employees and managerial staff members of Amtek Plastics UK. The sample size of survey was 111 and it was 5 for interviews. The results of both quantitative and qualitative analysis has suggested that plastic firms of UK are readily engaged in adoption of environmental management practices and it is contributing to improve their performance. The results are in line with the prior studies and it has suggested implications for theory and practice. Along with this, there are some limitations which can be pursued by future researchers.