The Effects of Green Purchasing and Supply Policies on Enterprises’ Competitiveness in Clothing Sector

On the one hand, ecological approaches and solutions lead the enterprises to differentiation and provide competitive advantage to them and on the other hand, they reveal protective perspectives in terms of environment, society, consumer and employee. Sustainability, which underlies the environmentally-conscious approaches, is based on the protection of environment, individuals’ existences and future resources while the today’s needs are fulfilled. Therefore, sustainability is achieved by the establishment of green supply chain, whose first ring is green purchasing and supply.