Environmental and Social Performance of Construction Firms in Niger Delta Region, Nigeria

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@article{1709561,
      author = {Ofem Patrick Enang, Timothy Adewuyi, Monday Otali},
      title = {Environmental and Social Performance of Construction Firms in Niger Delta Region, Nigeria},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {9},
      number = {1},
      pages = {268-281},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1709561.pdf},
      abstract = {There is a general call for the leadership and top management team of construction firms operating in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria to be more committed and ensure environmental sustainability of construction project delivery and overall sustainability of infrastructural development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.  Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the level of environmental and social performance of small, medium, and large construction firms in the study area. The study also tested two research hypotheses: (i) There is no significant difference in the level of environmental performance of small, medium, and large construction firms in the study area (ii) There is no significant difference in the level of social performance of small, medium, and large construction firms in the study area. Survey design was adopted for the study. Data were obtained using 721 copies of structured questionnaire. The methods of data analysis were descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found that successful implementation of 6 Rs related with manufacturing/construction such as remanufacturing, recycling, redesign, reduce, recover, and reuse, which ultimately result in cost-effectiveness had moderate level of performance. Other environmental sustainability performance indicators that had moderate level of performance are building designs, construction practices and technologies that are environmentally friendly and sustainable. The overall mean scores of 2.9347 showed that there is moderate level of environmental performance among large construction firms in the study area. The study also found that there is a high level of employee training and development among construction firms in the study area. However, motivation and incentives, infrastructural development, employment level, community and society satisfaction recorded moderate level of performance. The overall mean score of 2.9980 showed that there is moderate level of social performance among construction firms operating in the study area. The study found that there is no significant difference in the level of environmental and social sustainability performance among small, medium and large construction firms in the study area. Based on the findings and conclusion of this study, it is recommended that construction firms operating in the study area should ensure adequate health and safety of the employees, ensure employee job security and satisfaction, and implement pollution control measures to achieve sustainable project delivery and overall sustainability of the built environment in the study area. Moreso, the construction firms should use recyclable materials and ensure reduction of toxic air emissions during infrastructural development in the study area.},
      keywords = {Assessment; Environmental and Social Performance; Construction Firms; Nigerian Construction Industry},
      month = {July},
  }