Title: Sustainable public value: a step towards green public organisation for a sustainable society

Authors: Abdul Sami; Asmara Irfan; Muhammad Imran Qureshi; Ahmad Jusoh; Khalil Md Nor; Mansoor Nazir Bhatti

Addresses: Department of Administrative Sciences, University of The Punjab, Jehlum Campus, Jehlum, 49600, Pakistan ' Azman Hashim International Business School, University Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Malaysia ' Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, 76100, Malaysia ' Azman Hashim International Business School, University Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Malaysia ' Azman Hashim International Business School, University Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Malaysia ' Azman Hashim International Business School, University Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Malaysia

Abstract: The development of a sustainable society is the major concern for today's world. Researchers and practitioner from all over the world try to address the environmental challenges to develop the sustainable society. Public organisations are considered as good custodians of energy and environmental resources consumed in their day-to-day operations. Most of the public organisations have affirmed their policies to alleviate the environmental impact of their operations. These green public organisations played an important role to develop sustainable societies. This sustainable development emerged through green public organisation and these green public organisations established by following sustainable public value practices in the organisation. This study collected data from 320 local government officers of Pakistan and used the smart PLS to statistically analyse the data. Results revealed that the Sustainable public organisation can strengthen society and create public value.

Keywords: sustainability; public value; sustainable public value; green public organisation; sustainable society.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2021.114330

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2021 Vol.15 No.2, pp.223 - 233

Received: 22 Dec 2018
Accepted: 26 Jul 2019
Published online: 19 Apr 2021 *

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