A structural analysis of green supply chain management enablers in the UAE construction sector

Green supply chain management in the automotive industry: A study in Brazil

“…Internal environmental management is often cited in the literature as one of the main dimensions of GSCM (Diab, Al‐Bourini, & Abu‐Rumman, 2015; Holt & Ghobadian, 2009). According to Balasubramanian (2014), internal environmental management consists of actions such as cooperation, commitment, and communication of senior management and managers, implementing environmental management systems such as ISO 14001, environmental audit programs, information technology systems, multifunctional integration for environmental improvement, training and allocation of human resources, measuring and monitoring environmental performance and sustainability indicators.…”

“…Internal environmental management is often cited in the literature as one of the main dimensions of GSCM(Diab, Al- Bourini, & Abu-Rumman, 2015;Holt & Ghobadian, 2009). According toBalasubramanian (2014), internal environmental management consists of actions such as cooperation, commitment, and communication of senior management and managers, implementing environmental management systems such as ISO 14001, environmental audit programs, information technology systems, multifunctional integration for environmental improvement, training and allocation of human resources, measuring and monitoring environmental performance and sustainability indicators.Collaboration within the supply chain has been recognized as an important strategy that can contribute to improving operational, economic, and environmental performance(Ramanathan, Bentley, & Pang, 2014;Cao & Zhang, 2010) defining collaboration in supply chains as a partnership process where two or more companies work together in the planning and execution of operations in the supply chain, in pursuit of common goals and mutual benefits. According toRamanathan et al (2014), many companies realized that working alone is not enough to establish a green supply chain.…”

Green supply chain management in construction: A systematic literature review and future research agenda

“…Specialized quantitative methods were applied in 15 papers, including Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) (Kucukvar et al, 2014), material flow analysis , and organizational environmental footprint (Neppach et al, 2017). The work of Balasubramanian (2014) is notable in that the rigorous quantitative approach of structural modelling was employed to ascertain the factors driving the organizational adoption of Green SCM in the UAE construction industry. A variety of other research methods were adopted across the core papers, including survey questionnaires (6 papers) qualitative interviews (5), case studies (6), and mixed methods (5).…”

“…Most of the papers that focused on secondary SCM concepts offered definitions of these, for example: green manufacturing (Seth et al, 2016), green procurement (Shen et al, 2017), sustainable supply mix and sustainable materials management , sustainable or lean construction (Sertyesilisik, 2016), waste management (Kucukvar et al 2016), and reverse logistics (Chileshe et al, 2016). Balasubramanian (2014) proposed that Green SCM in construction is based on three dimensions: environmental, economic and operational performance, and these may also be interpreted as dimensions for evaluation. Where definitions of Green SCM were provided by the authors, the majority assumed an operational stance, describing the processes involved.…”

“…Several papers, though not all, considered the objectives of Green SCM. These were argued to be: increasing the competitive advantage of a firm , providing stakeholders with added value , improving the performance of a supply chain ecologically, economically and operationally (Balasubramanian, 2014), enhancing the sustainability of supply, improving service and increasing market share (Adawiyah et al, 2015), increasing the efficiency of operations, reducing costs and risks, and for ethical considerations , and reducing adverse environmental effects (Balasubramanian & Shukla,2017b).…”