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the most prioritized barrier among the 16 barriers to the implementation of social
sustainability practices. The second and third most important barrier is “Lack of
buyer-driven social initiative and support” (0.162611). This means the absence of
this barrier firm can make more progress towards better implementation of social
practices.
This shows that firm is giving leas importance to “Institutional policies and support” and in global weigh category it holds the lowest ranked position 16, 14, 10 and
11 respectively. Due to lack of buyer-driven social initiatives and support firm is not
motivated towards implementation of social practices.
The Third barrier “Lack of use of protecting equipment and practices” (0.116018)
followed by lack of managerial capabilities for implementation (0.085843), “Lack
of encouragement from International buyers” (0.076277) and “Lack of acceptance
to adopt new practices” (0.068243). These barriers are important and necessary to
overcome and hinder the successful implementation of the case firm. The understanding of these priority barriers will help the managers to understand them, so they
can implement social sustainability initiatives program in their firm. This shows that
lack of management capabilities of the firm is a most important barrier for the firm
and management and managers of the firm are not able to provide a great deal of the
support in the implementation of social initiatives in the supply chain. It requires the
firm to make essential changes and adopt new practices. This shows that building
capabilities are a key strategy for transforming social sustainable behaviour across
the supply chain (Ciliberti et al. 2009). For example, if a firm is lack of management
capabilities, then it will be a permanent failure on which no social initiative can be
implemented.
7 Conclusions
The UNSDGs that set targets for 2030 seeks to promote sustainable development
includes global goals, such as good health and well being, gender equality and partnership for sustainable development. The objective of the study was to prioritize
the most significant barriers that hinder the successful implementation of social sustainability practices in the manufacturing firms. We identified two important factors.
First, we found that governance related barriers effect on sustainable performance, as
it values activities related to exchange of information, monitoring suppliers, support
from buyers and buyer-driven knowledge driven practices. Hence, support from the
buyer can be necessary to ensure exposure to diverse practices on social initiatives
and can help of integrating these inputs an adjusting to new market demands. Second,
Institution policies and support is the least important barrier, implies that it requires
focused attention from government bodies, policymakers need to prioritize the elimination of these barriers to promote social sustainability. There are various barriers
encountered in implementing social sustainability practices for the manufacturing
firms in Pakistan. The top three critical barriers encountered in practice are highlighted as ‘Lack of shared understanding and exchange of information’, ‘Lack of
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the most prioritized barrier among the 16 barriers to the implementation of social
sustainability practices. The second and third most important barrier is “Lack of
buyer-driven social initiative and support” (0.162611). This means the absence of
this barrier firm can make more progress towards better implementation of social
practices.
This shows that firm is giving leas importance to “Institutional policies and support” and in global weigh category it holds the lowest ranked position 16, 14, 10 and
11 respectively. Due to lack of buyer-driven social initiatives and support firm is not
motivated towards implementation of social practices.
The Third barrier “Lack of use of protecting equipment and practices” (0.116018)
followed by lack of managerial capabilities for implementation (0.085843), “Lack
of encouragement from International buyers” (0.076277) and “Lack of acceptance
to adopt new practices” (0.068243). These barriers are important and necessary to
overcome and hinder the successful implementation of the case firm. The understanding of these priority barriers will help the managers to understand them, so they
can implement social sustainability initiatives program in their firm. This shows that
lack of management capabilities of the firm is a most important barrier for the firm
and management and managers of the firm are not able to provide a great deal of the
support in the implementation of social initiatives in the supply chain. It requires the
firm to make essential changes and adopt new practices. This shows that building
capabilities are a key strategy for transforming social sustainable behaviour across
the supply chain (Ciliberti et al. 2009). For example, if a firm is lack of management
capabilities, then it will be a permanent failure on which no social initiative can be
implemented.
7 Conclusions
The UNSDGs that set targets for 2030 seeks to promote sustainable development
includes global goals, such as good health and well being, gender equality and partnership for sustainable development. The objective of the study was to prioritize
the most significant barriers that hinder the successful implementation of social sustainability practices in the manufacturing firms. We identified two important factors.
First, we found that governance related barriers effect on sustainable performance, as
it values activities related to exchange of information, monitoring suppliers, support
from buyers and buyer-driven knowledge driven practices. Hence, support from the
buyer can be necessary to ensure exposure to diverse practices on social initiatives
and can help of integrating these inputs an adjusting to new market demands. Second,
Institution policies and support is the least important barrier, implies that it requires
focused attention from government bodies, policymakers need to prioritize the elimination of these barriers to promote social sustainability. There are various barriers
encountered in implementing social sustainability practices for the manufacturing
firms in Pakistan. The top three critical barriers encountered in practice are highlighted as ‘Lack of shared understanding and exchange of information’, ‘Lack of