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Concept Paper: General Objective
Concept Paper: General Objective
CONCEPT PAPER
Topic
How do businesses operating in Bacolod City perceive the impacts of the implementation
General Objective
The main objective of the study is to assess how businesses operating in Bacolod City
Specific Objectives
In line with the main objective the study also aims to answer the following questions:
1. How many businesses operating in Bacolod City that are implementing green practices
4. What are the positive and/or negative effects of these practices on their volume of sales?
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these on their operating expenses?
This research study will benefit not only the businesses that within the scope of this study
but also the environment and ultimately, the people living in Bacolod City.
Business Entities
This study can be used to create or enhance the awareness of different business entities to
environmental problems that were caused by their business operations and in effect, what
impacts do these environmental quandaries have on the companies. Knowing these effects will
encourage companies to continue and also encourage other business organizations to also
implement green practices in their operations and among their employees. Information gathered
in this study can also be used by these entities to know the possible green practices that they can
Environment
The use of green practices will help in solving or lessening the effects of environmental
problems such as carbon emissions, improper management of solid wastes, pollution and others.
Improving the environmental conditions in Bacolod City will also improve the living
conditions of its people. Examples of positive effects of green practices would be lesser solid
wastes and having more trees which will not only help in preventing floods but also help in
Future Researchers
This study can serve as a reference for the future researchers in their future undertakings
This study will conducted within Bacolod City area and this is expected to be
accomplished after the lapse of one - month period. Only businesses involving food and
beverage and bottle - manufaturing companies operating in the aforementioned area will be
covered in this study and this will only tackle the impacts of the green practices on these
businesses' profitability. In depth financial analysis will not be presented in this study but rather
The number of respondents of this study will be limited to five (5) businesses operating
Operational Framework
Type of Industry
Volume of sales
Size of the business
Age of the business
Operating Expenses
Years’ involvement with green
practices
Research Design
Type of Research
This research study will use a combination of qualitative and quantitative research. The
qualitative research aims to gather views, opinions and evaluations of the interviewees that the
group has chosen regarding the impact of green practices in their respective companies. With the
use of quantitative research, the group will be able to formulate conclusions based on statistical
Statistical Tools
Convenient sampling method will be used in choosing the interviewees. Surveys in the
form of interviews will be conducted to gather qualitative information from them. A personal
interview will be done for each of the interviewees. The quantitative information will be derived
from the information gathered through the interviews conducted and this will then be used for
statistical analyses. Conclusions will be drawn through descriptive statistics and from those
Respondents
The interviewees will come from both food and beverage companies and bottle –
manufacturing companies.
Research Period
This is an appropriate method to gather views, opinions and insights of the businesses regarding
After gathering data, the researchers will collate, sort and analyze the data collected to