Green Packaging and Organizational Performance of Food Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between green packaging and performance of food manufacturing firms in Port Harcourt. The design of the study was cross-sectional survey. Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents of the firms under study; eight nine (89) copies were usable for analysis. The study adoptedkrejcie and Morgan formula (1970) to determine the total sample size from the accessible population. Questionnaire was the major instrument for data collection. Cronbach’s alpha test was used to measure the reliability of the questionnaire with the assistance of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Responses obtain was recorded on a five-point Likert’s scale, varying from “Strongly Agree, Agree, Don’t know, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. The Pearson Moment Product correlation coefficient with the aid of statistical package for social science was used to test postulated hypotheses. The study finds that, there is a relationship between green packaging and sales growth of food manufacturing firms in Port Harcourt. It was then recommended that, Food manufacturing firms should prioritize green packaging and over any other form of strategic haven shown to have a positive and significant effect on sales growth.
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