Green supply chain management: Pressures, practices, and performance—An integrative literature review

Abstract

The evolution of supply chain management, such as green supply chain and sustainable supply chain implementation in the industry, has been a great momentum over the past two decades, particularly from the mid of third industrial revolution to the current fourth industrial revolution. Given this interest, engineering and management scholars have examined various concepts and theoretical developments of green supply chain management (GSCM), especially during the past decade. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to critically review the extant literature on pressures, practices, and performance of GSCM. The paper surveyed more than 150 research articles published in high‐impact refereed academic journals. The review synthesis has been discussed through GSCM pressures (government rules and regulations, corporate social responsibility, investment recovery, and green market), GSCM practices (eco‐design, internal environmental management, waste management, green purchasing aspect, quality, and product recovery), and GSCM performance (financial, operational, and environmental). Bibliometric results were presented, including the types of sources, year‐wise publications, country‐wise output, journal‐wise output, and top contributors in GSCM research.

Do firm characteristics affect environmental sustainability? A literature review‐based assessment

“…We first synthesized the key environmental sustainability dimensions from the literature, which are environmental practices, environmental drivers, environmental barriers, and performance (Balasubramanian & Shukla, 2020; Balasubramanian, Shukla, & Chanchaichujit, 2020; Balon, 2020; Sajjad, Eweje, & Tappin, 2020; Vijayvargy, Thakkar, & Agarwal, 2017; Walker, Di Sisto, & McBain, 2008; Zhu, Sarkis, & Lai, 2007).…”

“…The central dimension of environmental sustainability is the efficient and effective implementation of “environmental practices” or initiatives taken by a firm to minimize the negative environmental impacts of its activities (Balasubramanian & Shukla, 2020; González, Sarkis, & Adenso‐Díaz, 2008). The key ones collated from the literature including the studies of Balasubramanian and Shukla (2017a, 2017b), Balon (2020), Malviya and Kant (2015), Seuring and Müller (2008), and Zhu, Sarkis, Lai, and Geng (2008) are eco‐design, environmental purchasing, environmental manufacturing/use of environmental technologies, environmental packaging, environmental transportation, waste management, end‐of‐life environmental practices, environmental management system (EMS) and ISO 14001, environmental training, environmental auditing, environmental disclosure/reporting, and environmental‐related research and development (R&D).…”

“…Finally, environmental sustainability has to be reconciled with the associated performance implications/impact/benefits (arising from implementing environmental practices), which therefore is another key dimension. This impact/benefit could be in terms of improved environmental performance (e.g., reductions in air emissions, material usage, and water consumption) (Balon, 2020; Green, Zelbst, Meacham, & Bhadauria, 2012; Vijayvargy, Thakkar, & Agarwal, 2017; Zhu, Sarkis, & Lai, 2007) and/or improved operational performance (e.g., increase in product quality, reduction in inventory, and reduction in lead time) (Balon, 2020; Vijayvargy, Thakkar, & Agarwal, 2017; Younis & Sundarakani, 2020; Younis, Sundarakani, & O'Mahony, 2019) and/or improved financial performance (Balon, 2020). The last could be short term in nature involving reduction in costs (e.g., reduction in material and energy costs) (Green, Zelbst, Meacham, & Bhadauria, 2012; Vijayvargy, Thakkar, & Agarwal, 2017; Zhu, Sarkis, & Lai, 2007) and/or long term (i.e., related to the organization as a whole) such as increases in sales and market (Green, Zelbst, Meacham, & Bhadauria, 2012; Ortas, Moneva, & Álvarez, 2014; Vijayvargy, Thakkar, & Agarwal, 2017).…”

Competitividad de operadores logísticos: un análisis bibliométrico en la base de datos Scopus, 2017 - 2021

“…Según Mudgal et al (2010), como se citó en Balon (2019), "La barrera básica en la implementación de GSCM es la falta de voluntad para cambiar. La naturaleza del ser humana evita los cambios y GSCM necesita un cambio en la forma de pensar las prácticas".…”

Green Supply Chain Management Practices: A Literature Review

“…Previous scholars have surveyed various types of literature review articles on green supply chain; for instance, Balon (2019), Sharma and Ghandi (2016), Singh and Trivedi (2016), Fahimnia et al (2015), Gurtu et al (2015), Malviya and Kant (2015), Kumar and Chandrakar (2012), Wu et al (2012), Sarkis et al (2011), andSrivastava (2007). These articles have reviewed various concepts of green supply chain management through bibliometric analysis, meta-analytic review, and systematic literature review.…”