The dairy industry is considered one of the most needed industries in almost every
country; this is due to the continuous daily demand of its different products. Nevertheless, this
industry consumes large amount of water, energy and material resources, and generates large
quantities of liquid and solid wastes. In the sequel, under the pressure of fulfilling the 17
sustainable development goals (17 SDGs), it is important to address the sustainability of this
sector in the world and particularly in developing countries. This study aims at assessing the
impact of environmental, economic and social sustainability practices on the organizational
performance of dairy industry in Palestine. To this end, a quantitative-research approach, based
on a questionnaire for data collection, was adopted. Data has been collected from a convenient
sample of 15 dairy factories working in West Bank in Palestine during a three-month period
from March to May, 2023. Inferential statistical analyses were conducted as well. The results
revealed that there is a difference between the median values of environmental and economic
practices. In addition, the results showed that there is a medium relationship between
sustainability practices and organizational performance. However, the economic practices
proved to have the strongest impact then social practices; while, there is no impact of environmental practices on organizational performance. Furthermore, the results showed that
this industry consumes larger amount of water as well as it generates large amounts of
wastewater that mainly discharged to the drainage system without treatment for recycling or
reuse. Several sound recommendations are given at the end of this paper. It worth mentioning
that there are no previous studies conducted on the dairy industry sector in Palestine about
sustainability assessment.

Title

Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development

Publisher

En Press

Publisher Country

United States of America

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

0.7

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Both (Printed and Online)

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