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Sustainable supply chains: An introduction
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In this paper, the focus on environmental management and operations is moved from local optimization of environmental factors to consideration of the entire supply chain during the production, consumption, customer service and post-disposal disposition of products.About:
This article is published in Journal of Operations Management.The article was published on 2007-11-01. It has received 1593 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Supply chain sustainability & Supply chain.read more
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Behavioral factors on the adoption of sustainable supply chain practices
Anil Kumar,Md. Abdul Moktadir,Syed Abdul Rehman Khan,Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes,Mrinal Tyagi,Yigit Kazancoglu +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the nature of human-based behavioral factors (BFs) for sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices towards operational excellence in supply chains, particularly within the context of the footwear industry of Bangladesh.
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Creating loops with value recovery: empirical study of fresh food supply chains
TL;DR: In an era of increased scarcity of resources and pollution, the concept of the circular economy is re-emerging to steer supply chains towards more sustainable business practices as discussed by the authors, and the potential of v...
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The Missing Link? The Strategic Role of Procurement in Building Sustainable Supply Networks
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used inductive research to study three supply networks in the automotive, electronics, and pharmaceutical/consumer product industries and found that the lack of collaboration between procurement and internal (i.e., sustainability and R&D) and external stakeholders limits an MNC's effort to promote sustainability throughout the supply network.
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The maturity of supply chain sustainability disclosure from a continuous improvement perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the levels of maturity attained by organizations in reporting their supply chain (as well as non-supply chain) sustainability initiatives and propose an improvement framework for reporting and implementing sustainability initiatives across the supply chain.
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Complementarity effect of governance mechanisms on environmental collaboration: Does it exist?
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of relational governance mechanisms on environmental collaboration was evaluated using data collected from 145 US firms and a combination of methodologies -three-stage least squares and structural equation modeling.
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Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business
TL;DR: The seven revolutions for sustainable capitalism: competition, competition, triple win revolution, values from me to we revolution, information and transparency, no hiding place revolution, lifecylces from conception to resurrection revolution, partnerships after the honeymoon revolution, time three scenarios revolution, corporate governance, stake in the future, sustainability transition, value shifts, value migrations the worlds of money and power, sustainability audit, how are you placed.
Green and Competitive: Ending the Stalemate
TL;DR: The Dutch flower industry has responded to its environmental problems by developing a closed-loop system to reduce the risk of infestation, reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides, and improving product quality as mentioned in this paper.
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Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications
Gerald Rebitzer,Tomas Ekvall,Rolf Frischknecht,D Hunkeler,Gregory A. Norris,Tomas Rydberg,W-P Schmidt,Sangwon Suh,Bo Pedersen Weidema,David Pennington +9 more
TL;DR: The LCA framework and procedure is introduced, how to define and model a product's life cycle is outlined, and an overview of available methods and tools for tabulating and compiling associated emissions and resource consumption data in a life cycle inventory (LCI) is provided.
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Relationships between operational practices and performance among early adopters of green supply chain management practices in chinese manufacturing enterprises
Qinghua Zhu,Joseph Sarkis +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and environmental and economic performance in Chinese manufacturing enterprises, and investigated how two primary types of management operations philosophies, quality management and just-in-time (or lean) manufacturing principles, influence the relationships between GSCM practices and performance.
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