Green procurement strategies: case study of Tesco

To ascertain the ways
through which green
procurement strategies
can be employed: case
study of Tesco

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Research Title..................................................................................................................................1
Research questions...........................................................................................................................1
Research methodologies..................................................................................................................1
Literature review..............................................................................................................................3
Action Plan.......................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Green procurements the adoption of ecologically responsible activities of company which
used to fulfil the needs of material, goods, utilise and services. In a simple word it can be said
that green procurement is an activity which conducted by business enterprise with minimal
adverse environmental impact (Shen, Zhang and Long, 2010) It incorporates environmental
concerns and individual health by produce high quality of product and services in a competitive
price. The following project report provides a depth knowledge and understanding about the
green procurement strategies and actions employed by the Tesco. In addition to this various
green procurement strategies will also discus in this research proposal. Tesco is a British
multinational grocery and general merchant retailer. It is the third largest retailer in the world
measured by the profit. It deals with various customer product like books, clothing, furniture,
toys, software, internet services etc.
Rationale
Research Title
Aims
“To ascertain the ways through which green procurement strategies can be employed: case study
of Tesco”
Objectives
 To understand the meaning and concept of Green procurement within the organisation
 To analyse the impact of green procurement on the performance of company
 Recommend the ways through which green procurement strategies can be employed
Research questions
 What is the meaning and concept of the green procurement
 What are the impact of green procurement to improve the performance of business within
organisation
 Analyse the strategies of green procurement that can used in order to improve
performance of organisation?
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Research methodologies
In order to conduct the research for attain the objective, investigator have to sue various methods
of research which are as follows-
 Research philosophy: Research philosophy is one of the major part of the research
philosophy which aid in attaining the objective of the research. There are major two type
of research philosophy that is interpretivism and positivism. In the following research
proposal, investigator will use possitivism philosophy by which investigator can consider
on the objective of reserch.
 Research approach- There are two type of research approach that is inductive and
deductive. In the following research inductive approach will use because whole research
is based on the research questions (Mackey and Gass, 2015)
 Research techniques- There are two type of research techniques that is qualitative and
quantitative. In the following research study, qualitative research technique will use
through which it will become easy to evaluate the collected information. In the following
research project, investigator will use the qualitative research technique along with
primary and secondary data. In order to attain the objective of analyse the green
procurement strategy with in Tesco company, investigator will use qualitative research
method.
 Data collection- There are two kinds of data collection that is primary and secondary. In
this research both method will use. In the context of primary research, scholar will use
survey method and in the context of secondary research books, journals, websites,
internet can use (Neuman and Robson, 2012).In the survey method, scolar will conduct
survey of 20 employees of the Tesco company and ask the questions is related to the
green procurement activities and strategies. In addition to this in the context of secondary
data, investigator will use online website, company profile, books, journal etc to acquire
the knowledge about the green procurement.
 Data analysis- Data analysis is the major part of the research methodology which assits
to the scholar for analysis the data and information about the topic. There are major two
type of method that is qualitative and quantitative. In this following project, investigator
will use qualitative method in order to obtain the best solution of issue.
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