Carbon Footprint estimation for a Sustainable Improvement of Supply Chains: State of the Art

Cordero, Pilar

doi:10.3926/jiem.570

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“…The results obtained in this case study show the viability of a win-win relationship that several researchers (Atilgan & Azapagic, 2016;Battini, Calzavara, Persona & Sgarbossa, 2016;Carter & Rogers, 2008;Cordero, 2013;Garza-Reyes, Villarreal, Kumar & Molina-Ruiz, 2016) have found in the past. According to this approach, adopting environmentally sustainable policies may have a positive impact on cost reduction.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…This is due to the existence of many different emission factors related to each process. In addition, Cordero (2013) remarked that literature is scarce regarding methodologies for carbon footprint calculation in several models of supply chain. Both facts lead to obtain different conclusions depending on the sources consulted and the methodologies applied when evaluating the environmental impact of packaging strategies.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Economic and environmental packaging sustainability: A case study

González-Boubeta

Vázquez

Domínguez-Caamaño

et al. 2018

JIEM

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Purpose: The aim of this paper is to analyze the suitability of the packaging strategy of an important Spanish agro-food company, regarding to economic and environmental sustainability.Design/methodology/approach: Three different types of packaging are analyzed to obtain a diagnostic of the initial situation. In this process, cost and carbon footprint are calculated in order to measure the economic and environmental impacts, respectively. Then, a new packaging allocation logic is proposed with the aim of improving both aspects.Findings: The results show that the carbon footprint is strongly and positively affected by the cost reduction, showing the viability of a win-win relationship between both aspects.Research limitations/implications: The strength of this win-win relationship may be conditioned by the input values considered in this case study. Conversion factors used to calculate carbon footprint vary a lot among researchers, showing the need of standardization in this topic.Practical implications: Since the existence of a positive relationship between economic and environmental sustainability has been demonstrated, organizations should find this kind of situations in themselves to satisfy their own stakeholders.Originality/value: This article shows the potential of unite waste elimination with eco-friendly activities with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of companies. This paper also contributes to the knowledge of economic and environmental sustainability and reinforces theoretical aspects, paving the way for further research on these topics.

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confidence: 99%

Economic and environmental packaging sustainability: A case study

González-Boubeta

Vázquez

Domínguez-Caamaño

et al. 2018

JIEM

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“…In addition, a few conceptual frameworks, theoretical models, measurement methods and benchmarking of supply chain CF have also been developed. One can find these conceptual models in Sundarkani et al (2010), Rizet et al (2012), Hitchcock (2012), Dasaklis and Pappis (2013), Koh et al (2013), Kuo (2013), Cordero (2013), Acquaye et al (2014), Velazquez-Martinez et al (2014), Farmery et al (2014), Frizelle and Casali (2014), Court et al (2015), Ingrao et al (2015), Montoya-Torres et al (2015) and Nakajima et al (2015). Despite such standard guidelines, there is a lack of specific standard guidelines for product, corporate and national level CF accounting.…”

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Low carbon supply chain: a state-of-the-art literature review

Das

Jharkharia

2018

JMTM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the relevant literature on low carbon supply chain management (LCSCM) and classify it on contextual base. It also aims at identifying key decision-making issues in LCSCM. This paper also highlights some of the future challenges and scope of research in this domain. Design/methodology/approach A content analysis is carried out by systematically collecting the literature from major academic sources over a period of 18 years (2000-2017), identifying structural dimensions and classifying it on contextual base. Findings There is an increasing trend of research on LCSCM, but this research is still in a nascent stage. All supply chain functions such as supplier selection, inventory planning, network design and logistic decisions have been redefined by integrating emissions-related issues. Research limitations/implications Limitation of this study is inherent in its unit of analysis. Only peer-reviewed journal articles published in English language have been considered in this study. Practical implications Findings of prior studies on low carbon inventory control, transportation planning, facility allocation, location selection and supply chain coordination have been highlighted in this study. This will help supply chain practitioners in decision making. Originality/value Though there are an increasing number of studies about carbon emission-related issues in supply chain management, the present literature lacks to provide a review of the overarching publications. This paper addresses this gap by providing a comprehensive review of literature on emissions-related issues in supply chain management.

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“…Most of the organizations focused on direct carbon emissions, but indirect emission can also increase their CFP. Cordero (2013) prepared a literature review that examined how existing technologies and strategies could calculate the CFP over a supply chain. This paper also discussed different cost-effective decisions.…”

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Managing carbon footprint for a sustainable supply chain: a systematic literature review

Ghosh

Jha

Sharma

2020

MSCRA

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PurposeThe carbon emissions due to industrial production and market consumption activities are the major contributors to global warming. With the signing of UN Paris Accord 2016 on climate change, the world's major countries are devising measures to combat climate change and attain a sustainable, low-carbon future. Globalization demands companies not only to adopt greener manufacturing practices internally for reduced carbon footprint (CFP) but beyond its boundaries (i.e. its supply chain). This study aims to discuss the relationship between CFP and sustainable supply chain, as evident in the current literature and industry practices. It provides a total comprehension of past, present and future headings in the CFP area and its contribution to a sustainable supply chain.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review and analysis have been undertaken in supply chain sustainability and CFP. A bibliometric approach is adopted for this investigation, and one of the biggest computerized databases, “Scopus,” has been picked. In total, 37 articles have been zeroed in after a careful and watchful screening of firmly related topics.FindingsMost researchers gave predominance to environmental impact among the three pillars of sustainability (economy, society and the environment) for a sustainable supply chain environment. Only a few researchers were motivated to cover social development and social responsibility aspects. This review highlights how managing a CFP is one of the significant attributes of sustainable development. Existing literature in the field of CFP and sustainability have been written on actual industry cases. Food, electricity and energy are some significant industries where supply chain sustainability successfully reduces carbon emission.Originality/valueThe theory-building strategy with recommendations on the conceptualization of a sustainable supply chain is limited in the literature. This study gives broad ideas on how organizations modified and redeveloped different tools and technologies to make their supply chain more sustainable. The strategic role of different carbon policies, environmental rules and regulations in the domain of CFP is also recognized in this work. This study highlights the biases of most of the researches toward applications than policy interventions. This study discusses the theoretical perspective about how CFP affects supply chain management and helps organizations and researchers develop a new set of approaches in handling CFP and other sustainability aspects.

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Carbon Footprint estimation for a Sustainable Improvement of Supply Chains: State of the Art

Cited by 11 publications

References 24 publications

Economic and environmental packaging sustainability: A case study

Economic and environmental packaging sustainability: A case study

Low carbon supply chain: a state-of-the-art literature review

Managing carbon footprint for a sustainable supply chain: a systematic literature review

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