The Impact of Green Supply Chain Management on Sustainability Performance: Evidence from Vietnam

Tran Anh Son

doi:10.36690/2674-5208-2026-2-127-141

Authors

Tran Anh Son HUTECH University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36690/2674-5208-2026-2-127-141

Keywords:

green supply chain management, sustainability performance, Vietnamese manufacturing firms, green distribution, eco-design, environmental education, investment recovery, customer cooperation, green information systems, green purchasing, green manufacturing, green marketing

Abstract

Green supply chain management has become an important managerial approach for manufacturing firms seeking to improve sustainability performance under increasing environmental pressure, stakeholder expectations, regulatory requirements, and global market standards. In emerging economies such as Vietnam, manufacturing firms are encouraged to integrate environmental considerations into purchasing, production, distribution, product design, customer cooperation, and information systems while maintaining competitiveness in global value chains. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of green supply chain management practices on sustainability performance in Vietnamese manufacturing firms, with sustainability performance evaluated through environmental, economic, operational, and social dimensions. The study applies a quantitative research design based on data collected from 123 manufacturing firms operating in Vietnam. Green supply chain management is measured through ten practices: internal environmental management, green information systems, eco-design, environmental education, customer cooperation, green distribution, investment recovery, green purchasing, green manufacturing, and green marketing. The hypotheses are tested using regression-based analysis in Stata. Descriptive statistics are also used to assess the overall distribution of the variables. The empirical results show that eco-design, environmental education, customer cooperation, green distribution, and investment recovery have positive and significant effects on sustainability performance at the 5% level. Green information systems also have a positive effect at the 10% significance level. In contrast, internal environmental management, green purchasing, green manufacturing, and green marketing do not show statistically significant effects. Investment recovery has the strongest coefficient among the significant variables. The study concludes that sustainability performance in Vietnamese manufacturing firms is mostly enhanced by practical and externally oriented green activities rather than by formal internal policies, green procurement, green manufacturing, or green communication alone. Future studies should expand the sample size, include other industries and countries, and examine mediating variables such as green innovation, environmental capabilities, and supply chain resilience.

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Author Biography

Tran Anh Son, HUTECH University

Faculty of Business Administration, HUTECH University, Viet Nam

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