Sustainability Performance Level of Small Medium Enterprises in Pahang in the Context of Non-renewable Energy Consumption using Correlation Analysis

Abstract

The usage of non-renewable energy in Malaysia has become a normal thing especially in the importance of electricity generation. Majority of the industry and households in Malaysia use non-renewable energy as the source of electricity generations. For that, this research aims to analyse the consumption of energy and electricity bills that is used in small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and the awareness level of sustainability in managing their businesses in Malaysia. This research is conduct around Pahang, Malaysia to analyse the awareness level of the SME owners on the percentage of the electricity used. The electricity management and the Sustainable Development Goals are reviewed through the literature survey as a reference to construct a conversion table. The normalization technique is used to reduce the bias in the data. Pearson’s and Spearman’s Correlation Analysis are used in this research to determine the correlation analysis from the finalized results.