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A REVIEW OF ETHICS IN MATERIALS SOURCING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

This review explores the ethics of materials sourcing in the construction industry and its impact on sustainability. It examines the need for sustainable practices, the role of ethical sourcing, and the importance of corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting. The findings highlight the unsustainability of the construction industry and the potential for ethical sourcing practices to enhance sustainability.

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A REVIEW OF ETHICS IN MATERIALS SOURCING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

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  1. A REVIEW OF ETHICS IN MATERIALS SOURCING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY. By …………….. Kabir Ibrahim and Winston M. W. Shakantu

  2. BACKGROUND • Strategic to any economy. • Quality of life improvement (Osmani, Glass and Price , 2008; Shakantu, 2004). • A symbiotic relationship. • Greatest destroyer of the environment (Loosemore and Phua, 2011; Ebohon and Rwelamila, 2001; Woolley, 2000). • Sustainability commitment differs between countries (BREEAM) and (VETI). • Leverage for developing countries to achieve sustainability (du Plessis, 2007).

  3. NEED FOR THE STUDY • Destruction of flora and fauna. • Natural resources are not infinite. • Green house gas emission. • Global warming. • Climate change. • Failures of models to predict what the future looks like.

  4. AIM OF THE STUDY • Add to the existing body of knowledge regarding sustainability practices.

  5. METHODOLOGY • Critical review of related literature of journals, conference papers, reports and books.

  6. Sustainable construction

  7. Ethical sourcing of Materials • Largest consumer amounts of natural resources (Lehmann, 2013). • Extraction, transportation and production dissipates CO2, SO2 and NO2. • Increase in heat waves, intensity and frequency of rainfall changes and rising levels of large water bodies (du Plesis, 2014). • Adopt a different practice urgently particularly behavioural change. • Incorporate human rights, health, safety and environment (Kabir et al., 2014). • Adoption is low globally (Glass, 2013).

  8. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) • Medium to achieve sustainability objectives. • The demand is now rising (Jeffrey and Jon, 2013.) • Organization derive benefits. • A pointer to an organisations‘ commitment to sustainability (Carol et al., 2007). • Might not point an organisational commitment to sustainability (Larrinaga-Gonza´lez et al., 2001).

  9. Sustainability Reporting (SR) • Organisation commitment to sustainability objectives (WBCSD, 2003) • Business legitimacy is the main driver for sustainability reporting O’Dwyer (2002). • Increase in sustainability awareness and sustainability reporting in all sectors( Zuo et al., 2012). • Lack of global framework that point to constituents and mode of sustainability reporting (Ritz and Ranganathan, 2001). • Mandatory in the construction industry (Jeffrey and Jon, 2013).

  10. FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS • Construction industry is operating in an unsustainable manner. • Sustainability adoption in the construction industry is on the increase. • Ethical sourcing of materials is still an emerging phenomenon. • Ethical sourcing practices will enhance sustainability practices in the construction industry.

  11. S216719380@nmmu.ac.za

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