Vol: 14, Issue: 1 2024

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Environmental Innovation and its Relationship to Achieving Environmental Sustainability: An Applied Study in Al-Ittihad Food Industries Limited

Asseel Mohammed Almomar

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Published Date: 18/02/2024

http://doi.org/10.37648/ijtbm.v14i01.003

The current study aims to clarify the relationship between environmental innovation and environmental sustainability, as the study assumes that environmental innovation contributes to achieving environmental sustainability. For the purpose of testing the research hypothesis, the researcher distributed (300) questionnaires to workers at Al-Ittihad Food Industries Limited. (295) questionnaires were received and their ratings were good. (275) questionnaires were used for analysis, and the advanced statistical program SmartPLS was used. The study reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which is that the relationship between environmental innovations and environmental sustainability is positive and important. The research presented a number of recommendations, the most important of which is that agencies and institutions work with all relevant parties to encourage innovation. Environment to promote environmental sustainability.

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