TOP MANAGEMENT GREEN COMMITMENT AND GREEN INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AS ENABLERS OF BANK ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED BANKS IN BATTICALOA

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate levels the top management green commitment and green intellectual capital as enablers of bank environmental performance of selected banks in Batticalo a. Data was collected from 96 staff who are working in top management level of banks. Frequency, univariate, bivariate and regression analyses were conducted. The results showed that there is a high level of environmental performance in the study area. Correlation analysis indicated significant positive relationship between top management green commitment, green intellectual capital and environmental performance. These factors were found to explain a significant portion of the variation in environmental performance of banks in Batticaloa. The study concludes that organizations' concerning environmental performance can achieve its environmental goal through top management commitment and intellectual capital that is related to natural environment since top management green commitment plays a crucial role in engaging and motivating employees towards environmental performance while green intellectual capital being a major factor that consists overall knowledge and information regarding natural environment to sustain in environmental performance. The overall study provides insights for government and policymakers in promoting environmental performance among bank sector organizations. Based on the findings of this research, the policymaker should focus at adopting policies to enhance the top management of organizations to sustain in environmental performance and develop knowledge management systems that accumulate information regarding environmental issues. Also the government should emphasize environmental concerns and encourage establishing environmental friendly organizations, establishing organizations related to environmental protection to partner with banks to assists them developing green intellectual capital among employees engaging in environmental performance. This can be implemented in all the business sector to follow environmental concerns expecting benefits from environmental performance.