A boundaries and flows perspective of green supply chain management

Sarkis, Joseph

doi:10.1108/13598541211212924

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“…The paper focuses on main factors influencing both green supply chain and customers satisfaction. Sarkis [151] conducts a multiple case study in a sample of 142 companies operating in South Korea to investigate the impact of energy-efficiency and environmental issues on logistics outsourcing. Yang and Sheu [152] carry out a case study highlighting how firms involve supply chain partners in their energy-efficient and sustainable processes.…”

Section: Ta4 Customer Perspective In Energy-efficient and Sustainablmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Sustainability and Energy-Efficient Supply Chain Management: A Review of Research Trends and Proposed Guidelines

2018

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This paper conducts a structured review on the topic of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability in the supply chain management context to define research trends on the topic and identify research gaps. The review is carried out using the largest databases of peer-reviewed literature (Scopus and Web of Science). A sample of 122 papers focusing on the topic of energy-efficient and sustainable supply chain management was selected and analyzed through descriptive and content analysis. The review highlights that despite there is a growing research trend on the topic, different research gaps remain to be covered. These gaps concern the factors influencing energy efficiency and environmental sustainability initiatives, the classification of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability initiatives, the impact of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability on supply chain performance, the customer perspective in sustainable and energy-efficient supply chain, and the different technologies supporting the energy efficiency and environmental sustainability initiatives. The research gaps and the research questions identified offer the opportunity to identify areas of investigation to design future research directions and propose guidelines in the field of supply chain management.

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Section: Ta4 Customer Perspective In Energy-efficient and Sustainablmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Sustainability and Energy-Efficient Supply Chain Management: A Review of Research Trends and Proposed Guidelines

2018

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“…Packaging characteristics gives an impact on distribution. Better packages help to rearrange the loading patterns can reduce the material usage and increase the warehouse space and reduce the double handling (Carter and Ellram, 1998 (Sarkis, 2011) Economic performance Economic performance relates to the manufacturing plant's ability to reduce costs associated with purchased materials, energy consumption, waste treatment, waste discharge and fines for environmental accidents (Zhu et al, 2008a) Operational Performance Operational performance relates to the manufacturing plant's capabilities to more efficiently produce and deliver products to customers (Zhu et al, 2008a) Organizational Performance Financial and marketing of the organization as compared to the industry average (Green and Inman, 2005) Their findings make a logical sense of the relationship among the performance constructs seem to be leverage of environmental performance and economic performance has improved operational performance which leads to improve the organizational performance.…”

Section: Green Distribution and Reverse Logisticsmentioning

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The Dimensions of Green Supply Chain Management Practices

Weeratunge¹,

Herath²

2017

World Conference on Supply Chain Management

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Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has become known as a key approach to enhance the environmental sustainability. GSCM has also been receiving the spotlight in many studies. In this era, preserving the natural environmental has become very challenging so that business organizations have started to feel the pressure of increased awareness level of environmental protection by the society. This paper therefore is intended to provide a critical evaluation of literature review on Green Supply Chain Management Practices. A rigorous literature review was carried out in order to critically evaluate the definitions and different Green supply chain management practices discussed by many authors. Both conceptual and empirical papers published in past years in the reputed journals were chosen for the review. Then a content analysis was carried out comparing and contrasting the theories presented and discussed in the chosen articles published on Green management practices. Green Procurement, Green Design and Manufacturing, Green Distribution, Reverse Logistics were the identified dimensions of Green Supply Chain Management.

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“…The cases were selected taking into account some of the research boundaries proposed by [50] when doing research in green supply chain management:…”

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Collaboration for Sustainability in the Food Supply Chain: A Multi-Stage Study in Italy

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Abstract:The objective of this study is twofold. Firstly, to analyze sustainability practices adopted in collaboration, including vertical collaboration i.e., with other actors or stages upstream or downstream in the supply chain, and horizontal collaboration i.e., with actors such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Secondly, to identify the sustainability performance expected from sustainability practices implemented in different supply chain stages. The study reports on a set of case studies representing four different food supply chain (FSC) stages: breeding/growing, processing, distribution and retail. The findings indicate that each stage selects different collaboration schemes for sustainability practices' implementation, prioritizing relations with upstream actors, namely grower/breeder, as these are key actors responsible for ensuring product quality and safety. In addition, the type of collaborative relationship is shown to be predominantly transactional for environmental and community practices, especially for solving specific short-term issues. Finally, varied areas of environmental and social sustainability performance are recognized, upstream and downstream, as a result of collaborative practices applied in different FSC stages, showing the diverse sustainability objectives pursued along the chain.

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A boundaries and flows perspective of green supply chain management

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Cited by 457 publications

References 142 publications

Environmental Sustainability and Energy-Efficient Supply Chain Management: A Review of Research Trends and Proposed Guidelines

Environmental Sustainability and Energy-Efficient Supply Chain Management: A Review of Research Trends and Proposed Guidelines

The Dimensions of Green Supply Chain Management Practices

Collaboration for Sustainability in the Food Supply Chain: A Multi-Stage Study in Italy

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