Why Should SMEs in Indonesia Have To Apply "Green Practices"?

DOI

10.2991/iconies-18.2019.48How to use a DOI?

Keywords

SMEs, Green Practices, Indonesia

Abstract

SMEs are known as the most dominant business sector in every country including Indonesia. SMEs do not only contribute to the GDB, but are also able to reduce unemployment through the employment opportunities created. However, SMEs poses various problems for the environment. This paper aims to explore the urgency of SMEs to implement "green practices". This paper is a literature review. The results of this study are that environmental damage caused by human economic activities is already at an alarming stage. SMEs as one of the business sectors that have the most number, must implement "green practices" both in production, distribution and consumption activities. By implementing "green practices" it is expected that environmental degradation can be minimized

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yuliani
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TI  - Why Should SMEs in Indonesia Have To Apply "Green Practices"?
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