which are grouped
based on pressures from government norms, essential to respond at
least at a minimum level to get government benefits and avoid
penalties. Of the five pressures, central government environmental
regulations (R1) pressure obtained the 8th rank (0.056) of the
fifteen pressures and 2nd position under the regulation category
out of five pressures. It seems regulations of central government
provide indirect motivation to adopt GSCM practices in mining and
mineral industries, but even more pressure is needed to improve
the environmental performance. The central government should
also focus on the implementation of environmental practices to
adopt GSCM. Of the fifteen pressures, Regulations: WEEE (Waste of
Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and Regulations: ROHS (Restriction
of Hazardous Substances) (R2) holds the 7th rank (0.059)
and first position under the regulation category. It is clearly evident
that this factor provides more pressure for GSCM adoption, which
ensures GSCM adoption effectively. This pressure is focused on the
control of electrical and electronic waste. Recently, electronic waste
has become a major issue of global warming and a contributor to a
hazardous environment due to pollution. Similarly, mining and
mineral industries also have many electrical and electronic items
for handling materials and to maintain a continual flow for their
products. This pressure provides some motivation to implement
GSCM in the mining and mineral industries as compared to the
other four listed pressures in the regulation category. Regional
environmental regulations (R3) pressure holds the 14th rank
(0.033) which is less weightage for implementing GSCM concept in
mining and mineral industries; it ranks low among the fifteen
pressures. This pressure always provides nominal motivation to
control usage of hazardous materials in industries. Based on these
reasons, Regional environmental regulations (R3) are assigned less
weightage. High penalty for environmental pollution (R4) and
Environmental regulations for export countries (R5) obtained the
13th and 15th rank overall, based on their weightage (R4: 0.041;
R5: 0.026). These ranks infer that rules and regulations on environmental
issues need to be stric