Implementation green growth activities of enterprises in industrial park – investigation at Dong N ai industrial park

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the extent of implementing the green growth activities of the enterprises operating in Dong Nai Industrial Park. Based on the sustainable manufacturing and eco-innovation approaches, the research develop a set of indicators to evaluates green growth from enterprise perspectives. Utilizing the methodology of interviews and professional solution surveys, this set of indicators has been divided into 35 sub-criteria with 5 main groups of activities. The results drawn from the survey of 252 enterprises (classified according to the criteria of scale, field, type, location) have shown that the extent of exploiting the green growth of enterprises in Dong Nai Industrial Park has remained insignificant and inconsiderable. In general, the number of enterprises with a total implementation score of over 50 (out of a maximum of 70 points) is only 17.05%; in terms of the average score of each criterion: only 2/35 surveyed criteria (proportion of 22.85%) have average implementation evaluation score of over 1.4 ; 6/35 criteria have average score from 1.2 to 1.4; the remaining 27/35 have average score of under 1.2 (at the degree of being considered or not implemented). This set of indicators helps enterprises as well as authorities to see the reality of implementing activities that combine resource efficiency with environmental improvement, thereby making improvements to help enterprises accelerate growth, contributing to the successful implementation of the country's green growth strategy.